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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What Are the Names on the Eiffel Tower?
Thanks to restoration underway on the Eiffel Tower, the engraved names of 72 French scientists and engineers from the original
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Beauvais Airport in Paris: How to Get There
Posting this as a public service announcement due to the lack of correct/official information on the web. Beauvais is
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Berthier’s Door: Found in Paris
BldgBlog recently posted about a door to nowhere in Paris, installed four years ago in the 3rd arrondisement. Complete with
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The Flood of 1910 in Paris (La Crue de La Seine de 1910)
Ten minutes outside the Peripherique lies the oft-forgotten industrial underbelly of Paris: the Seine-Amont. The architecture of the region is
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Inside Reid Hall, Columbia University’s Campus in Paris
Occasionally, while walking in Paris one gets a glimpse of the courtyards that lie behind the uniform facades and intimidating
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The Paris Underground: An Introduction
Popular fascination with the subterranean systems of major urban centers is manifested in the photographs and writings of modern urban
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Photos of La Defénse at Night in Paris
Before I went to visit La Defénse, it remained in my mind’s eye as a looming, monumental structure–an
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Inside the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris
Tasked to capture a museum for a photography class through the Columbia University architecture program in Paris, I chose the
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Global. Timeless. Placeless.
Global. Timeless. Placeless. These were the keywords from a publisher who was interested in my photography for the cover of
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103 WASHINGTON ST: Heaven, Hell & Purgatory
Nestled between the new W Hotel and an abandoned lot a few blocks south of the World Trade Center, a
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I Have to Pee!: Public Bathrooms in NYC
I first became intrigued with public bathrooms upon seeing the reappropriation of the Astor Place women’s room into a
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In Pictures: Manhattanhenge Sunrise
January 2010 Manhattenhenge sunrise captured by Untapped New York photographer Monica Morrison on 34th Street. Previous posts about Manhattanhenge: Sunset