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!
IN PICTURES: Framing the Untapped City
Earlier this year, I took an architectural photography class with photographer Erieta Attali, author of the book In Extremis: Landscape
Architecture Spotlight: San Francisco Civic Center
San Francisco’s 1906 fire and earthquake not only destroyed much of San Francisco, it also destroyed the dream of
‘Don’t Forget to Look Up!’: The Broadway You Haven’t Seen…Part 3 Union Square to Times Square
I spent a lot of the walk under the shadow of the Empire State Building, but had it not been
A Critical Look at Central Park’s Design
On June 18th, Landmark WEST! hosted one of its annual summer tours with Andrew Dolkart, professor of Historic Preservation at
On Data and Cities: What Melbourne can learn from Farmingdale, Long Island
In this latest iteration of our collaborative series, On Data and Cities, with Gehl Institute in Copenhagen, we jump off
Midcentury in Paris: Our 5 Favorite Covered Passages
For a more off-the-beaten-path experience that’s still right in the thick of “tourist” Paris, the covered glass and iron
The FDR Four Freedoms Park Nears Completion
We thought it was time to check back on the progress of FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. On
Unexpected Architecture: Gustave Eiffel in La Paz
La Paz, Bolivia: a city full of juxtapositions. Aymara women with bowler hats and colorful aguayos on their backs cross
Follow the Red Brick Road: San Francisco’s Underground Water Supply
They might catch your eye as you hike up the hills near Dolores Park, walk through the Richmond fog, or
‘Don’t Forget to Look Up!’: The Broadway You Haven’t Seen…Part 2 Chinatown to Union Square
Starting this week from Canal Street Station where I stopped last time on Don’t Forget to Look Up, I
Marx Brothers Place: A Block’s Plea for Preservation
179 East 93rd Street – the childhood home of the Marx Brothers East 93rd Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues, is
San Francisco’s Utopic Dump: Harnessing Natural Fears to Control Scavenger Birds
I grew up in landlocked Colorado, thousands of miles from the nearest ocean, where seagulls were weirdly common. I thought
