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!
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial has become a pilgrimage site for many Americans and Veterans, especially those from the
164 years ago today, Edgar Allan Poe mysteriously died. Despite having departed over a century and a half ago, Poe
An iconic fixture in London, double-decker buses are known for their European charm. But in the early to mid-
Potatopia will “change the way you think about potatoes.” Located on 6th Avenue right by Waverly Place, every dish at
So much is happening in the urbanism world this month just in New York City so we decided to round-
Map of lots of land from deed sold by John Jacob Astor to Gilbert Coutant at the corner of Bowery,
Last year, we published photos from our trip to the abandoned 5-star Hotel Belvedere just outside the UNESCO city
While sewers were once directly monitored way back, leading to fun maps about the various smells in NYC, things are
Author Colin Jerolmack of The Global Pigeon While you might think a tour of pigeon-related landmarks may not score
Continuing up Fifth Avenue from where the previous installment of Don’t Forget to Look Up ended, this stretch along
Photo by Attila Sary Thanks to zoning initiatives, where the city granted buildings the rights to additional air space (i.
The 478-acre Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, founded in 1838, was one of “America’s first rural cemeteries.” The
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