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!
Five Creepy Non-Human Graveyards in and around New York City
Dead Horse Beach is littered with glass, trash and bones. Courtesy of Diana Huang. Despite the scarcity of open space,
Go Underground in the Paris Sewer Museum (Musée des Egouts)
Just beneath the surface of Paris lies an extensive network of tunnels and caves that compose the 2,400 kilometers
Ringing the Bells of Preservation for St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem on the corner of Lenox Avenue and 122nd Street, which has survived two
Divine Intervention: NYC Churches Converted to Secular Spaces
New York’s churches are some of its oldest and most iconic buildings, and perhaps due to some divine intervention,
Juba, the Capital of South Sudan, Birthed of Conflict
James W. Cousins is an Untapped Cities correspondent working in South Sudan. Please note that this piece is a retrospective
Where Are the 22 Eagles of Original Penn Station?
An original Penn Station eagle at 7th Avenue and 31st Street When the original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963,
History of NYC Streets: Love Lane's Carriage Houses Carry Echoes of a Brooklyn Past
Brooklyn may be famous for its elegant brownstones, but its lesser-known brick carriage houses are just as charming. A
Weekly Map: Aerial New York City, 1924
A set of aerial maps, comprised of 127 images, together form a complete map of New York City in 1924.
World Trade Center Construction: 4 WTC and Calatrava's Transit Hub [PHOTOS]
Retail Concourse connecting to the Transit Hub designed by Santiago Calatrava at the World Trade Center On June 20th, a
Behind the Scenes at the Construction of 1 WTC, Freedom Tower [PHOTOS]
Looking north towards Midtown Manhattan from the 90th floor of One World Trade Center Continued from our behind-the-scenes
San Francisco's Spooky Abandoned Sutro Baths
The Sutro Baths opened to the public in 1896, when the west side of San Francisco was a vast region
The NYC That Never Was: Midtown's Dream Rooftop Airport
Delta Airlines has a new rooftop lounge at JFK, but there could have been an entire rooftop airport in midtown