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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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Tours of the Woolworth Building Lobby Now Available
Great news for architecture buffs! From now through September, you can now access the famously closed-off lobby of the Woolworth
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How Does NYC Avoid Summer Power Outages? Floating Power Plant Barges
On Sunday amidst the heat wave, New Yorkers set a record for Sunday electricity usage in the city. How does
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The Lighthouses of NYC
New York City, situated on one of the largest natural harbors in the world, once required many lighthouses to aid
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Untapped Mailbag: Surfridge, the Abandoned Town Next to LAX Airport Is A Butterfly Preserve
Last week, we published an article about a town outside Paris that was abandoned after it ended up under the
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Urban Interventions on the Seine: Paris Plage, Floating Barges and a Life Size T-Rex
Although the banks of the Seine River in Paris are a UNESCO World Heritage site, the historical mark has not
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Vintage Photos: Remnants of the 1964 New York World’s Fair
The 1939 World’s Fair in New York City may have the longer legacy in our collective memory, with its
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Haunted Rionda Ruins in New Jersey’s Northern Valley
Looking north from the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey, it takes a lot of imagination to envision storybook manors
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Weekly Map: Manhattan Takes a Vacation to Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles
Manhattan visits Chicago It’s Fourth of July weekend and Manhattanites are fleeing the city in search peace and quiet,
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What’s In the Future for Rapidly Urbanizing Dar es Salaam in Tanzania?
Beautifully sited on the curving shore of the Indian Ocean in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam sits on ancient trade routes
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Daily What?! Lost Plaque at the Battle of Golden Hill, First Battle of the American Revolution
In our recent post about plaques in New York City that are lost or just plain wrong, we revealed one
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Daily What?! The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Gold Vault
Image via the New York Fed Did you know that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has a gold
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The Abandoned Parisian Suburb of Goussainville-Vieux Pays
Goussainville-Vieux Pays was once a farming village north of central Paris but it’s now a ghost town. It was