Secrets of NYC
✉️ The Lost Pneumatic Tube System at the NYSE
Long before fiber optics and wireless networks, bursts of compressed air kept Wall Street moving.
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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!
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The Untapped Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time of year. Need some gift suggestions for your friend/lover/puzzling family member? Want to give
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The Bowery Mission
DoYouHaveOneDollar.org asks the question, “Can 1 million New Yorkers give one dollar each to help the homeless, poor and
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Architecture Spotlight: One Bush Plaza-A Place of International Style
One Bush Plaza, also known as the Crown Zellerbach Building, stands as a monument to International Style. International style is
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How Zoning Shaped the New York Skyline
Most people (even residents) never realize how New York City’s iconic skyline has been shaped by the city’s
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Singapore: 21st Century Electronic Parking
Located in the bustling Central Business District (CBD), M-Park @ Club Street offers the first electronic parking system in Singapore where
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Daily What!? A Trip to the Moon in the West Village
Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s film adapted from Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret, reminded me of my favorite
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Singapore: Art of the Commute
We returned to Singapore from Moscow inspired by the architecture of the latter’s metro network, the renowned ‘underground palaces’
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Architecture Spotlight: Freeway Demolition and Public Open Space
The Ferry Building, built in 1898, sits at the foot of Market Street. In 1953, San Francisco proposed the Embarcadero
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Manhattan before the street grid: The Randel Maps
The Museum of the City of New York will soon be opening its exhibition on Manhattan’s grid, with borrowed
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Sydney: An Urban Jungle
I always describe Sydney as an Urban Paradise. It is certainly an active “urban” environment with its pristine Central Business
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Nice Gentle Donkeys: A Historical Perspective on the Koret Children’s Quarter
A November Saturday, and despite the threat of rain, the Koret Children’s Quarter in Golden Gate Park is packed.
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Sea Serpent Sighting in Singapore
Gardens by the Bay in Marina Bay opened temporarily to the public in November for the 20th World Orchid Conference,
