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!
Watts Towers: Steel Spires in the Sky, Los Angeles’ Version of Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia
Often compared to Spanish architect Antoni Guadi’s Sagrada Família, the Watts Towers is an outside art structure that the
NYC’s City of the Dead: Calvary Cemetery in Queens
Though Calvary Cemetery in Woodside is not quite as popular a haunt as some of NYC’s other final destinations,
Gold Coast Mansion Ruins: The King Zog Estate at Muttontown Preserve on Long Island
The current buzz surrounding The Great Gatsby creates a magical idea of the Gold Coast lifestyle – large country estates alive
Daily What?! The Industrial Chimney at the Eiffel Tower in Paris
In today’s Daily What?! we share one of our favorite “secrets” of Paris. Hidden in plain sight at the
Finding History in Baja California, Mexico: The First Spanish Missions in North America
Most people associate Baja California in Mexico with the excesses of celebrity-ridden Cabo San Lucas, so the adventurous side
Inside the LAX Airport Theme Building: A Modernist Icon
One of LAX airport’s iconic buildings is the LAX Theme Building, hovering like an alien spaceship/UFO in the
The Andrew Freedman House in the Bronx
Getting off the B train at 167th Street and The Grand Concourse, you are greeted by the same wall of
Daily What?! The Empire State Building Zeppelin Docking Station
We were excited to be included in this Secrets of New York City roundup by Time Out New York with
Vintage Photos: Brooklyn Bridge
Last Friday marked 130 years since the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. When it was built, it was the longest
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The Abandoned Ellis Island South Side Hospitals [Photos]
The well-known autopsy amphitheater, with an 8-cadaver refrigerator (in the slideshow below). Photo by Clara Ward. The abandoned
Inside the New Delta Airlines Terminal 4 at JFK Airport
The move of Delta Airlines from the aging, near decrepit Terminals 2/3 into Terminal 4 at JFK Airport came
Delta Air Lines’ New Rooftop Lounge at JFK Airport
Delta Air Lines beats their SkyLounge by opening an outdoor sky deck where travelers can watch planes lift off the