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After-Hours Tour of "Noguchi's New York" Exhibit
Join an exclusive curator-led tour at NYC's Noguchi Museum!
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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!
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Behind the Scenes at the Governors Island Construction Site in NYC
New Amsterdam indeed. In 2007, the City of New York, new owners of Governors Island, selected Dutch landscape architecture firm
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Daily What?! There Used to Be a Burger King on Governors Island
There are a lot of surprising facts about Governors Island. For example, most of the island (almost 60%) is made
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The Eero Saarinen Masterpiece No One Sees: IBM Manufacturing and Training Facility in Rochester, Minnesota
Today the architectural world celebrates Eero Saarinen’s birthday. Born in Finland on August 20, 1910 (his architect dad Eliel
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14 Beautiful Vintage Subway Entrances in NYC
While the majority of New York City’s subway entrances have the same mundane look, there are others that still
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The Vintage Public Pools of Paris from Life of Pi: Piscine Molitor, Deligny, Tourelles
When reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, one of the things you may be struck by is the huge
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Untapped Mailbag: What Came First, Riverside Park or the Railroad Tracks?
Last week, a reader contacted us about our article on the “Staircase to Nowhere” in Riverside Park. He asked, I’
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Inside a Dumpster House in Red Hook, Brooklyn with Artist Greg Kloehn
You’ve probably seen Greg Kloehn’s dumpster house, online at least. Curbed recently encouraged readers to go check it
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Daily What?! 9-11 World Trade Center Beams are in a Rockaway Beach Parking Lot
There are remnants of the World Trade Center in a parking lot on Rockaway Beach. The cross was donated by
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Vanderbilt Avenue near Grand Central Could Be Turned Into Pedestrian Plaza
Buried in the debate about the East Midtown Rezoning plan is a proposal for a District Improvement Fund that could
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Can Toronto Plan Big and Still Be Human Scale?
Toronto is seeing a shift. Young professionals and empty nesters are being drawn to downtown as part of a North
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Cities 101: Making Reefs Out of Obsolete Subway Cars
Subway cars, like all pieces of technological equipment, become obsolete at some point. But how do you dispose of something
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6 Innovative Reuses for Shipping Containers in NYC: Houses, Beer Gardens, Markets, Art Galleries
Taking a step back, there was once a day where containerization at the ports was the biggest invention since sliced