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 1931 Beaux Arts Ball From left to right: A. Stewart as the Fuller Building, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-
We’ve been pretty obsessed with rats recently, from our look into the history of the inflatable union rat, to
An artist’s rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Beach. There’s literally “something in the water” these days, with
Our fascination with road signs will never end. Last month, we showed you French artist Clet Abraham’s street sign
From “The Ruins of the Borscht Belt” exhibit. Photo by Marisa Scheinfeld On August 11th, the Lower East Side Jewish
When Michael Bloomberg was elected mayor of New York in 2001, no one predicted he would become a revolutionary, reshaping
The park will contain pedestrian walkways along with absorptive plants. Source: dlandstudio. Brooklyn’s notoriously dirty Gowanus Canal is getting
This week’s #untappedcities Instagram “Pic” of the Week goes to @newyorkcityhistory for this detailed shot (reminiscent of a giant
We’ve been on a kick lately tracking down re-purposed buildings in NYC, finding out the new uses for
The last thing we expect to see on a Department of Sanitation building is classical architecture, much like yesterday’s
The prosperity and opulence of New York in the 1920’s spilled from the speakeasies and jazz parties to the
Hunters Point, Long Island City is a rapidly changing neighborhood flanking the East River on its eastern bank. Neighborhood history
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