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.
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!
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MANHATTANHENGE: Why It Happens
Twice a year, the sun falls into exact alignment with the Manhattan street grid, offering incredible sunsets that fully illuminate
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IN PICTURES: Freshkills Park on Staten Island
On June 27th, Untapped New York took the Freshkills Tour run by the New York City Dept of Parks and
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Freshkills Park on Staten Island: Garbage-Greenery Conversion
Freshkills Landfill in Staten Island was established in 1948 on land that was originally tidal creeks and coastal marsh. It
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IN PICTURES: The Putting Lot
On June 13th, we adventured to The Putting Lot in Bushwick, Brooklyn (covered in June 8th post). Here is what
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Mini Golf in Bushwick!
As high-rise construction sites sprung up in Chelsea and spread to the far West Side, Brooklyn and even Roosevelt Island,