Architecture
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!
Liveblog at 2013 TEDxNYIT at “Meta Resiliency”
9 am: TedX host and NYIT associate dean, Frank Mruk introduces TedXNYIT “Meta-Resiliency” and talks about how we can
Daily What?! Hess Triangle, the Smallest Plot of Land in NYC was 500 Square Inches
Lovely eminent domain. It’s been practiced on land large (Manhattanville for Columbia University, for example) and small. This tiny
Explore a Former Speakeasy with the Museum of the American Gangster
One of two safes with unlaundered liquor money left over from Prohibition in the basement of William Barnacle Tavern Prohibition
Street Art Hotspot: JR at the Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita
When we stopped by the Elizabeth Street Garden this weekend, one of our favorite urban havens in New York City,
History of NYC Streets: The Victorian Mansions of Church Avenue in Prospect Park South, Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Church Avenue not only has an interesting backstory regarding its titular church––it also, notoriously, sections off middle
Sad Photograph of Pan-Am Worldport Terminal Demolition at JFK Airport
Despite the efforts of Save the Worldport, this photograph captured by Untapped Cities’ Laura Itzkowitz shows the fate of the
BANDALOOP Brings Vertical Dance Performance to High Rise Buildings Worldwide
If you’ve been waiting for a dance company to think outside the box, look no further than BANDALOOP––this
10 Man-Made Areas of NYC: From Governor’s Island to Battery Park
It’s easy to think that the place you’ve lived in has always been the same–that New York
Interactive Doc, “A Short History of the Highrise” on The New York Times: Part I, “Mud”
The latest initiative from Highrise are four short films produced with The New York Times Op-Docs that make up
NYC That Never Was: A Gym in Morningside Park Sparks 1968 Columbia University Protests and Shutdown
Plans for the Morningside Gym. Image via WikiCU, user Tao tan In 1960, Columbia University proposed the construction of a
A “Subterranean Manifesto” for the Lowline Park by Co-Founder Dan Barasch
The Lowline cofounder Dan Barasch visited a meeting of the Brooklyn Futurist Meetup last Wednesday to spell out ten guiding
Banksy in NY: Graffiti is a Crime Poster
Following yesterday’s defacing of Banksy’s red balloon by Omar, who has a long history of tagging the artist’