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!
We all love fire escapes and what they represent both visually and historically for the New York City landscape. But
Did you know that Staten Island was the fastest growing borough in New York City from 1990-2010? Learning this
The Macy’s at 34th Street in Herald Square is still undergoing renovation but one question on many a vintage-
Although Men in Black was released in 1997, many of its film locations have popped up on our radar recently
Yesterday was opening day for the 2013 U.S. Open Tennis Championship in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. Expected
An Untapped Cities reader submitted this photo of this building in Dumbo, Brooklyn asking what it was. It’s a
The West Side skyline is getting a facelift as construction of Hudson Yards, a $15 billion development, has begun just
The oculus rises at Fulton Center Lower Manhattan holds centuries of history in its shoreline and beneath its streets. With
If you’ve ever worked for Columbia University, you probably hate this square, brown building with a weird tower on
New York State’s largest privately-held manufacturing property, Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has recently gotten a big
New Yorkers complain about a lot of stuff. A little while back we showed a 311 map by the Furman
This video came out a few years ago on National Geographic when the R160 subway cars were introduced in New
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