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Guide to the NYBG Holiday Train Show, An Annual Love Letter to NYC
Discover which NYC buildings—both lost and extant—have been recreated out of plants!
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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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Property Line Markers in NYC Sidewalks Offer Crossing Only By Permission
You’ve probably stepped on one of these metal private property line markers on the sidewalks of New York City
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Behind the Design of the New Washington Monument Entrance and Visitor Facility
“It was the most daunting design challenge of my career,” says Hany Hassan, partner and director of the Washington, D.
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Exploring the Abandoned Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in New York
At the former site of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in Middletown, New York, there are signs of both decay
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We Climbed to the Top of the Washington Square Park Arch!
In 2019, the Untapped New York team had the honor of climbing up the Washington Square Park arch, the iconic
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Tin Pan Alley on 28th Street Designated NYC Landmark
Within the former Tenderloin district, Tin Pan Alley was the tiny sliver of a block of 28th Street between Broadway
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Inside Abandoned Fairfield Hills State Psychiatric Hospital in Newtown, Connecticut
In Newtown, Connecticut stands the ruins of a stately psychiatric hospital. The Fairfield Hills State Hospital opened in 1931, with
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Saving the Abandoned Port Morris Gantries in the Bronx
New York City’s remaining gantries loom like industrial relics, reminding us of a once bustling waterfront where railroads and
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Redesigned 80th Floor of the Empire State Building Opens Today
All photos in slideshow and header image courtesy Empire State Building The newly redesigned 80th floor of the Empire State
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Iconic Watchtower Sign in Brooklyn Replaced with WELCOME Sign
All photos by Will Femia. Header image: CIM Group/LIVWRK. For nearly half a century until 2017, the WATCHTOWER sign
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The Manhattan Bridge Globes Have Begun to Reappear
In early October, we reported that the “globes” on the Manhattan Bridge were being removed and replaced. Technically called spheres,
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Behind the Design: Photos Inside Lang Architecture
The team at Lang Architecture is creating a new approach to designing, and developing, buildings. Through our Untapped New York
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A Guide to The Art Deco Architecture Gems of Montreal
From an iconic skyscraper facing one of the city’s oldest squares to a former museum hiding in plain sight
