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!
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
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
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
Global. Timeless. Placeless.
Global. Timeless. Placeless. These were the keywords from a publisher who was interested in my photography for the cover of
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
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
In Pictures: Manhattanhenge Sunrise
January 2010 Manhattenhenge sunrise captured by Untapped New York photographer Monica Morrison on 34th Street. Previous posts about Manhattanhenge: Sunset
13 of NYC’s Active Prisons: Rikers Island, The Tombs, Manhattan Correctional Center
The word infrastructure usually conjures up images of roads, highways, bridges and mass transit. One thing that Kate Ascher taught
Why Does Williamsburgh have in “H” in parts of Brooklyn?
Did you know Williamsburg used to have an “h”? This week’s entry is a cross-post with Gotham Lost
The Manhattanhenge Sunrise in NYC
When posting about the Manhattanhenge sunset earlier this year, I had found information from Time Out New York that the
AUTOMATS, TAXI DANCES and VAUDEVILLE: Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure
Secret passageways under Chinatown, remnants of a bygone Bowery beer hall, a rooftop film studio”¦Author David Freeland writes of
The History of NYC’s Club Limelight aka Church of the Holy Communion
It can be argued that only in the repurposing of architecture can the lines between commerce, religion and politics be