The Met's Original Building is Still Hiding Inside the Museum
See remnants of 1880s museum buildings built into the modern galleries!
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!
Art Deco architecture is at the core of New York’s identity and Ralph Walker was a key figure in
In 2015, the Manhattan Municipal Building was renamed the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building in honor of New York
The MetLife Building sky bridge just next to Madison Square Park is being demolished. Photographer Klaus-Peter Statz, one of our
In the mid-2000s, the once-treasured Bell Labs building in Holmdel, NJ, appeared to be another real estate white elephant — too
One of the most fascinating things we shared in our recent article on The Roosevelt Hotel is about a secret
Visitors to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park can now see striking original details of one of the park’s oldest structures,
The Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan first welcomed its luxurious suites to guests on September 22, 1924, and has been
The Elizabeth Street Garden in Manhattan’s Little Italy is a community garden filled with an eclectic assemblage of statuary.
Newport, Rhode Island is a place of memory, both collective and individual, where myth and reality intersect in streets and
Federal Hall is designed in a classical style that brings to mind images of the great Parthenon of ancient Greece.
Located about an hour north of New York City, Donald J. Trump State Park is an enigmatic destination emblazoned on
Today, the Harlem River Drive is a highly trafficked north-south reference route for cars along the Harlem River, but few
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