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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A possible future for the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
At the legendary Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, birthplace of the U.S. Open, the ball may be back in court.
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La “Mélon-colie”
France is home to arguably some of the greatest foods in the world. Immediately one is likely to conjure images
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The Secrets of Fort Washington Park
We attended a tour of Fort Washington Park with David Freeland, author of Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville, who, having
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An Exercise in Opulence: Hearst Castle
Contemporary audiences know William Randolph Hearst as the Orson Welles–created eccentric media magnate who holed himself up in his
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Form Unfollows Function: The Demise of the Window Shutter
The mass production of housing that began in post-WWII American suburbs dramatically changed the architecture of residential housing from both
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Architecture Spotlight: Fort Point-The Gibraltar of The West Coast
It took 116 years for Fort Point to become a National Historic Site, and its life along that road was
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A Family History at North Beach’s “Gold Spike”
I was a San Franciscan long before I moved to the City. In fact, the path that led me to
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Urbanized-A Film About Cities
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco (YBCA) presents a one-week run of Gary Hustwit’s latest documentary,
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IN PICTURES: Fight Night at St Ann’s Warehouse at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason’s Gym is a relic among boxing gyms in New York City. Jake
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OHNY: General Theological Seminary
Since 2003, Openhousenewyork (OHNY) has facilitated free-access to architectural gems throughout the city. This year I stopped by General Theological
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City to Surf: Riding Sydney’s 389 Bus
The 389 Bus Route The idea of taking a bus automatically induces stress. In New York, the bus involves patience
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Architecture Spotlight: The Pacific Coast Stock Exchange-Classicism to Art Deco
301 Pine Street-one of the historic buildings that comprised our financial system on the West Coast-began its life in 1915