From the Westinghouse Time Capsules to one of the oldest known, these artifacts help us to understand what the city was like in the past.
Discover some of the amazing facts you can learn on an exclusive hard hat tour of the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital!
This lost mid-century resort destination is home to memories of a former respite from city life.
Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
In a fitting twist of fate, the site currently occupied by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian was
Here are our picks for the Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool for this week. Remember, to submit your
In this illustrated guide to San Francisco’s coffee shops and cafes, Untapped Cities illustrator Charlotte Vallance shares some of
In 1927, architect Frank Lloyd Wright began plans for three to four all-glass apartment towers in the East Village
Typical mid-century homes in Covington, Virginia What is a “mill town“? A town near the type of old-fashioned
The owners of the Bowery Mural Wall have commissioned contemporary artists to paint gorgeous murals at this location since a
It can be hard to imagine why someone would ever want to find American sub-culture or food when in
We’ve done a few in-depth articles about the secrets of Central Park, such as what’s there that
Art Deco buildings in New York City stand out against the curtains of glass and pillars of steel that have
Any New Yorker who has braved a winter here has experienced those quintessential gusts of wind that spiral down our
Located along Dekalb Avenue, an area that once had a theater presence comparable to Times Square, the Beaux-Arts Albee
Scandinavian folklore holds that trolls once lurked under bridges, demanding payment from all who crossed and attacking those who refused.
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