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!
Is Brownsville Brooklyn Ready for its Jane Jacobsian Comeback?
Is Brownsville Brooklyn””long regarded as one of New York’s most troubled neighborhoods””ready for its comeback? There are
Transit Talk: Untapping the C Train, a Photo Essay
Last time we “Untapped” the G train: the butt of many jokes and the arguable victim of a certain amount
Tours of Hurricane Sandy Relief Areas with MAS Road to Resilience [PHOTOS]
As part of the Municipal Art Society Road to Resilience conference, site visits to Hurricane Sandy relief areas took place
Hope and Uncertainty in Post-Sandy Staten Island
Eleven weeks after Hurricane Sandy, much of New York City has reassumed a state of normalcy, but as the headlines
Take in a Film in a Pagoda at La Pagode Cinema
La Pagode Cinema is a small cinema housed in a pagoda. Doesn’t just this description make you want to
History of NYC Streets: St. Nicholas Avenue
Given the recent holiday season, Harlemites might have noticed the very apropos naming of one of the neighborhood’s main
Downtown Montreal: The Lavish Mansions of the Golden Square Mile
Montreal is known for it’s eclectic architectural style and nowhere is that more true than in the downtown area.
Hilarious Parody Dr. Zizmor Ad for Canine Plastic Surgery
Untapped Cities writer Benjamin Waldman snapped these photos of a parody Dr. Zizmor ad in the New York subway today
Municipal Art Society Visits Sandy Relief Areas in “On the Road to Resilience”
As part of the Municipal Art Society’s upcoming conference “On the Road to Resilience” on post-Hurricane Sandy preparedness,
The Abandoned Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center’s Building 25 was once a haven for New York City’s cast-out mentally ill, but
Rue Mallet Stevens: Modernist Architecture in the 16th
Robert Mallet Stevens was one of the great early 20th century architects, and yet some who walk past the street
(Art)chitecture by Charlotte Vallance: The Berkhamsted Town Hall
Berkhamsted is a great town in England full of lovely shops, English pubs, cafés, restaurants and a great cinema called
