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!
10 Gold Coast Mansions of Long Island
Sumptuous mansions, extravagant parties, lavish outfits, and exotic cars – these are some of the scenes portrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald
10 Beaux-Arts Mansions in NYC that You Can Still Admire Today
New York’s most famous Beaux-Arts buildings may be grand civic spaces like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central
Go Inside NYC’s High Bridge Water Tower
After decades of being closed off to the public, the High Bridge Water Tower is finally open, and Untapped New
Views and 150 Years of History: The Highbridge Water Tower
Standing on a bluff 200 feet above the Harlem River, the recently restored Highbridge Water Tower is once again welcoming
30 Abandoned Places in New York City
Here are Untapped New York’s favorite abandoned places in New York City’s five boroughs. Some are break-in-able, some
What to See and Do in Beacon, New York
Best known for the contemporary art museum Dia Beacon, Beacon is a city in Dutchess County and a popular destination
5 Surviving Structures by Richard Morris Hunt in New York and Newport, Rhode Island
During the Gilded Age, there were just a handful of architects who wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and tycoons like
13 Free Black Communities in and Around New York State
Before New York City became a modern cityscape, much of the land was farmland. But early in New York’s
What Happened to NYC’s Audubon Ballroom, the Site of Malcolm X’s Assassination
At 3940 Broadway and West 165th Street once stood the historic Audubon Theater and Ballroom. Constructed in 1912 by Fox
The Fight to Save Hildebrandt’s 1920s Ice Cream Parlor on Long Island
Most Nassau County residents, and likely many New York City residents, know of Hildebrandt’s, a classic 1920s soda shop
Top 10 Secrets of the Woolworth Building in NYC
Dubbed the “Cathedral of Commerce” when it debuted in 1913, the Woolworth Building represented an unprecedented feat of engineering and
The Storied Past of NYC’s Federal Archive Building
The Federal Archive Building is a ten-story Romanesque Revival-style red brick building in Manhattan’s West Village. It was built
