Last-Minute NYC Holiday Gift Guide 🎁
We’ve created a holiday gift guide with presents for the intrepid New Yorker that should arrive just in time—
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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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See a Remnant of the Lost Biltmore Hotel in Grand Central Terminal
Untapped Cities staff are always on the look out for hidden or unrecognized remnants of New York City’s past.
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New Dates Added for Remnants of Penn Station Tour
New dates have just been added for Untapped Cities’ Tour of the Remnants of Penn Station. This tour is only
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Explore the Abandoned Ellis Island Hospital Complex on our Behind-the-Scenes Tour
The over 100-year-old hospital complex on Ellis Island has been abandoned for over 60 years and this weekend, Untapped Cities
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Climb the Clocktower of the Jefferson Market Library for 360 Degree Views of NYC
Since 1967, the Gothic-style Jefferson Market building in Greenwich Village has served as a branch of the New York Public
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The Top 10 Secrets of the Jacob K. Javits Center in NYC
In June, Untapped Cities Insiders were treated to a free tour behind the scenes atop the Javits K. Center‘s
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Find the Authentic Survey Bolt from NYC’s Original 1811 Street Grid in Central Park
Creating the grid layout of the Manhattan we know today was a thankless task. In 1808 that task fell to
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Photos Behind the Scenes Inside the New York Stock Exchange
Since 9/11, it’s been difficult to get a tour inside the New York Stock Exchange. A quick Google
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Nikola Tesla’s Only Remaining Laboratory Named to NY State Register of Historic Places
By the end of his life, Nikola Tesla was seen by many as a mad scientist. Despite his early groundbreaking
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There’s a Street in Queens That’s Just Named “Boulevard”
As you’ve read in our History of Streets column, New York City has a lot of unique street names,
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10 Facts About the Lost Giant Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 World’s Fair
The exhibition planners of the 1939/1940 World’s Fair in New York City wanted it to be “the greatest
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Discover New York’s Hidden Islands in the New Book Archipelago New York by Photographer Thomas Halaczinsky
From Manhattan Island to Fishers Island off the coast of Long Island‘s North Fork, New York is an island
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Discover NYC’s Never Built Architecture on the LinkNYC Kiosks
Ever wondered about the New York architecture that almost was? LinkNYC, the network of kiosks around the city that supplies
