Architecture
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!
Daily What?! What’s a Classical Facade and Neon Art Doing on a Waste Plant in NYC?
The last thing we expect to see on a Department of Sanitation building is classical architecture, much like yesterday’s
The NYC That Never Was: Skyscraper Bridge Apartments Across the Rivers
The prosperity and opulence of New York in the 1920’s spilled from the speakeasies and jazz parties to the
A Look at Hunters Point, Long Island City: A Modern Industrial Corridor
Hunters Point, Long Island City is a rapidly changing neighborhood flanking the East River on its eastern bank. Neighborhood history
Daily What?! Manhattan Mini-Storage is a Greek Temple on Riverside Drive
Up on 134th Street and Riverside Drive is a curious building, reminiscent of a Greek temple, which houses a Manhattan
Untapped Mailbag: Worldport Pan-Am Terminal at JFK Should Be Saved
Photo by Jon Proctor via Wikimedia Commons Our piece on the preservation of the Worldport Pan-Am Terminal at JFK
“Toxic Tours” Depict Polluted Landmarks in Southeast Los Angeles
There has been an uptick in visitors to the neighborhoods of southeast Los Angeles, an industrial area known for its
Private Backing Spurs Development of The Hills on Governors Island in NYC
A rendering of The Hills. Source: West 8. A series of recycled hills are rising on Governors Island. Last Friday,
History of NYC Streets: Wall Street Wall Almost “Destroyed” by Pigs
Wall Street, today a synonym for power and money, has withstood its share of chaos–market crashes, bombings, recessions, Occupy
Daily What?! Vintage American Airlines Hangars at LaGuardia Airport
Last week, we covered the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, where airplanes once landed by sea, but the airport
New City Proposals by Bloomberg Aim to Makes Stairs Hip and Healthy in NYC
This open, sculptural, naturally-lit staircase at Poets House in Battery Park City is exactly the type that Mayor Bloomberg
Vintage Photos: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Park Avenue Auto Showroom Demolished Quietly in NYC
The space of Wright’s former showroom as of today. It will soon become a TD Bank. In April of
Graffiti Removal on NYC’s High Line Hits Section 3
As recently as the late 90’s, the neighborhood around the High Line was once gritty, raw, and somewhat dangerous,
