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!
It’s easy to make simple planning and architectural generalizations about Los Angeles: that it was built only for the
Untapped New York is happy to introduce our newest column, the History of Streets. You might remember our coverage of
It is a rarefied experience in New York City to embark on a quest to find a long lost relic.
Urban planners call it “arrested deterioration:” the ironic preservation of a poorly designed zoo in a state of decay. Open
The history of the slot machine industry in the United States, like many activities operated by organized crime syndicates, is
If the horror of Frankenstorm has not spooked you enough, the Haunted Pumpkin Garden at the New York Botanical Garden
2012 is the second year of the Hadrian Awards Gala After Party. Pretty, young, semi-intellectual things made such a
View of Downtown LA from Silver Lake Hillside. All photos by Carmen Chan On Sunday, October 21st local non-profit
Although famed for European-inspired architecture and parrillas brimming with succulent steaks, if you’re looking to fully capture Buenos
As a nod to author Bill Bryson’s book title “A Short History of Nearly Everything”, the guided tour I
On an early Tuesday morning, I ventured off to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to tour NYC’s largest and newest plant, the
The Salmagundi Club in the West Village is one of those brownstones you wish was your mansion. Stately, historic, with
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