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!
A Time Capsule in Moulins: Man Orders House Locked Up for 100 Years
In a deliciously overdramatic attempt to preserve his memory for future generations, Frenchman Louis Mantin, who passed away in 1905,
Marché Couvert Saint Martin (Saint Martin Covered Market)
I love this market. It’s literally a collage of time, architecture and nomenclature. The stone gates are from an
Jane’s Walk in Harlem with David Freeland
It’s the 50th anniversary of Jane Jacobs’ seminal book, The Death and Life of the Great American Cities. Retrospective
A Chat with the Institute for Urban Design about By the City/For the City
Before we begin, you can still submit ideas to improve New York City in the By the City/For the
Gathering at Ground Zero: Osama Bin Laden Killed
The spontaneous gathering at Ground Zero continued hours after President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by
“Write All Night”: An All-Night Scavenger Hunt in the New York Public Library
I was just selected as one of 500 people to participate in an all-night scavenger hunt in the New
Napoleon’s Penis is Stored in New Jersey. That’s Right.
New Jersey is completely and totally weird – this is a fact. This is not the elitist opinion of a New
The Gowanus Ballroom: Art Inside an Industrial Wallow
The Gowanus Ballroom is a 16,000 square foot exhibition space located along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. In the
Red Hook Food Vendors Re-Opens This Weekend!
In anticipation of the 2011 season opening of the Red Hook Food Vendors this weekend (April 30th), Untapped chatted with
The Face of Urban Renewal and Preservation in Istanbul
“Renewal doesn’t mean transformation, it’s about rehabilitation. It means we have to restore the buildings.” -Deputy Mayor of
Van Alen Books: A Store Devoted Completely to Architecture
Untapped went to check out the launch party of Van Alen Books, a new bookstore, reading room and gathering space
By the City/For the City: Crowdsourcing Design Ideas from New Yorkers
By the City / For the City is a two-part open call for ideas that asks New Yorkers where they