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!
An overgrown overpass at Union Turnpike and Woodhaven Boulevard, part of the proposed Queensway project. Abandoned for half a century,
The always excellent Atlas Obscura recently broke the news that the remains of a 16th century shipwreck are now on
The idea of re-purposing outmoded structures for cultural purposes is not a new one, but the marriage of industrial
For over two decades, local artists have been fervently and fantastically vandalizing a massive abandoned waterfront structure that lies on
People at a hutong in Beijing. Although Beijing is making incredibly fast forays into modernization, the true heartbeat of this
Across New York City, century-old churches are being torn down and replaced by residential property, retail stores and newer
Have you ever walked past this building on rue la Fayette in the 10th arrondissement and wondered why the windows
The Municipal Art Society unveiled design proposals from four celebrated New York architecture firms that took on the challenge of
As one of the largest and most varied metropolises of the modern world, New York City is home to some
Often compared to Spanish architect Antoni Guadi’s Sagrada Família, the Watts Towers is an outside art structure that the
Though Calvary Cemetery in Woodside is not quite as popular a haunt as some of NYC’s other final destinations,
The current buzz surrounding The Great Gatsby creates a magical idea of the Gold Coast lifestyle – large country estates alive
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