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 routes we physically occupy determine our understanding of our city. We create mental maps, conforming our idea of the
We’ve been wondering what this curious roller coaster-like structure is, sitting along the East River just under the
Did you know that the New York City public school system used to have its own custom made cast brass
Last year, Untapped Cities contributor Matt Lambros took us into the abandoned Loew’s King Theater in Brooklyn, a theater
Streets in New York City (and the world) are often christened with appealing names that indirectly reflect the history of
New Amsterdam indeed. In 2007, the City of New York, new owners of Governors Island, selected Dutch landscape architecture firm
There are a lot of surprising facts about Governors Island. For example, most of the island (almost 60%) is made
Today the architectural world celebrates Eero Saarinen’s birthday. Born in Finland on August 20, 1910 (his architect dad Eliel
While the majority of New York City’s subway entrances have the same mundane look, there are others that still
When reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, one of the things you may be struck by is the huge
Last week, a reader contacted us about our article on the “Staircase to Nowhere” in Riverside Park. He asked, I’
You’ve probably seen Greg Kloehn’s dumpster house, online at least. Curbed recently encouraged readers to go check it
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