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!
Throughout New York City, you may be familiar with these red fire alarm boxes that are supposed to summon the
Photo by Lynn Lieberman/AFineLyne The Grand Concourse has been compared with grand boulevards from the Champs Élysées in Paris
Smack in the middle of Bloomingdale’s, along 60th Street, is this remnant of the former urban fabric, built in
Abandoned for over 40 years, the Staten Island Farm Colony today is a creepy memento of its dark and troubled
Los Angeles is a vast, sprawling city, and neighborhoods on the coast, like Santa Monica, Venice Beach and Malibu, have
An anonymous tipster sent around this photo, purportedly from the cellar of what was once Bull’s Head Tavern, in
Here’s another gem from the book Secret New York: An Unusual Guide: there was once a thriving village called
New York City is home to numerous world-famous museums but if you need a break from classics like the
Located in one of the most metropolitan areas of Manhattan, the Hilton Vacation Club at 6th Avenue and 57th Street
Untapped Cities has followed New York Times’ documentary collaboration with the Highrise project through three of its four parts: “Mud,
This week, we profile Untapped Cities contributor Alex Wallach, an urban planner with a family history in Coney Island. He
For more than half its life, Lower Manhattan’s iconic Woolworth Building has been off-limits to all but the
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