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!
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
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
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,
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
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
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
Check Out a Dizzying Time Lapse Video of Urban Explorer Scaling NYC Skyscrapers
Brooklyn-native urban explorer and photographer Victor G. Thomas, aka @vic.invades, possibly most known for scaling 220 Central Park
Take a Walking Tour of the New Domino Park in Williamsburg
Untapped Cities is excited to announce a new walking tour of the recently opened Domino Park in Williamsburg, a site
PBS’ Series 10 Streets That Changed America Debuts with Broadway Featuring Untapped Cities Founder Michelle Young
Tonight at 8 PM, on your local PBS channel (Thirteen/WNET for New Yorkers), the series 10 That Changed America
Behind the Scenes Inside the Construction of NYC’s Hudson Yards
What will Hudson Yards be like when it’s finally completed? Untapped Cities has been following the construction process of
Making New York City Modern
In the early days of modernism America was pretty resistant to being made modern—or “Mod,” as the Millennials say.
Tour the Historic Lott House, Once an Underground Railroad Stop
Deep in the southernmost reaches of Brooklyn, the Hendrick I. Lott house is a living time capsule of Gotham history,