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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Hermit Crab Survival Project at Grand Isle State Park
I went to Grand Isle last July during the oil spill to see how the area was doing. The beaches
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Nathan Hale Uttered His Famous Last Words at a Banana Republic?
New Yorkers race from one place to the next and we miss a lot in our rush to get to
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What If Manhattan Were Designed Like Paris?
A digital design class at Columbia University has led to some provocative questions about New York City. The below work
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The Demolished Hotel Madison-Lenox, Detroit
The fate of the Madison-Lenox Hotel, a turn of the century hotel designed by A.C. Varney, epitomizes the role
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An Evening of Burlesque at the Members-Only Explorers Club
On a rainy Monday evening I found myself in the Explorers Club library, sipping red wine while looking up at
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Expect the Unexpected at the Paris Pantheon
On a site where people as illustrious as Geneviève the patron saint of Paris, Victor Hugo, Voltaire and Rousseau are
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D’Espresso: A Sideways Coffeeshop!
For an unconventional and un-Starbucks like coffeeshop experience, check out the D’Espresso on 42nd Street and Madison, just near
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Mapping the Untapped with Hyperpublic
Today, a new social media platform gets unleashed to the public. And it’s called Hyperpublic. Why is this interesting?
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The Turkish Bath Experience in the Mosquée de Paris
For those of you have never had the chance to experience a hammam (Turkish bathhouse) before, within the Mosquee de
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Sequence Art in New York City: Commuter’s Lament at 42nd Street/Port Authority and Library Walk at Bryant Park
I think New Yorkers are a fan of sequences. Maybe it’s because our lives are so mobile–we’re
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Kate Ascher Autographs “The Works” For Untapped!
Those who are already fans of Kate Ascher’s book “The Works: Anatomy of a City,” possibly the ultimate guide
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Concrete as an Art Form-From Ancient Times to Today (Part I)
Concrete is a mixture of cement, aggregate and water. The discussion can get complicated as so many people interchange the
