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!
Budapest, City of Grit
There’s often a comparison made between Budapest and Vienna, a grudging admission amongst Hungarians that despite the architectural similarity,
Architecture Spotlight: The Granite Lady
The United States Mint in San Francisco, affectionately known as the Granite Lady, stands today as a result of the
The Art on the Subway Walls
As an everyday subway rider, I often miss the writings on the wall. Literally. Until today, I could only point
A Peek Into Detroit’s Benjamin Siegel House
As a child, I was obsessed with the book, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. It invoked
The Best Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots in Manhattan (excluding Starbucks)
Tired of doing work inside? Want to Skype with a friend and show them the City? Check out these Manhattan
NYC named 2012 Partners in Preservation by American Express, National Trust
The Third Section of the High Line American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced today that New
The Colette Carnaval
For the finale of Paris Fashion Week, the Colette Carnaval was held to mark the 15th anniversary of the French
The City Coffee Built: Housing for Temporary Coffee Workers in Santa Emilia, Nicaragua
Northern Nicaragua’s overly-fertile hills have a way of swallowing the work of human beings; buildings, both grand and impoverished,
The Treasures of the Père Lachaise Cemetery Part II
Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre, Montparnasse, Passy, Père Lachaise, and Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists
The Treasures of the Père Lachaise Cemetery: Part I
Exploring Paris’s cemeteries–(Montmartre, Montparnasse, Passy, Père Lachaise, and Picpus)–can be a rewarding task. Artists, statesmen, and industrialists
The Bombing of 23 Wall Street
23 Wall Street, the Morgan Guaranty Company Building and J.P. Morgan Bank headquarters, circa 1914. Photo via Library of
Architecture Spotlight: Levi’s Plaza, An Urban Version of the “Sierras”
In 1982, the Haas family (heirs to Levi Strauss) were looking to build a new corporate campus for the Levi