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!
There’s a Bilingual Latinx Theater, IATI, in the East Village
From basement theater to abandoned monastery to rented venues and even an illegally converted storage space, Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional
At Making Room , See a 1000 Sq Ft Home Built Into the National Building Museum
In 2013, the Museum of the City of New York debuted the exhibit Making Room which showcased models of affordable
Construction on NYC Ferry’s Lower East Side Landing Begins
This morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked off the construction on the NYC Ferry landing that will open at Corlears
Every Subway Station in NYC Is Being Sketched by One Man
Columbus Circle 59th Street Station. All images via New York Transit Museum The encyclopedia of the art and architecture in
The Top 10 Secrets of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
One of 12 regional banks in the Federal Reserve System (the central banking system of the United States), The Federal
There’s a Floating Prison Barge in NYC off the Bronx
Little known even to New Yorkers, a floating prison barge sits off the shore of Hunts Point in the Bronx.
On This Day in NYC History, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center Is Bombed
It’s been 25 years since the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, when a rental van carrying a 1,200-
44,600 Pound Flood Gates Installed on NYC Tunnels to Protect from Superstorms
If you’ve been on the Queens Midtown Tunnel or the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel recently, you may have noticed
Columbia GSAPP Announces Formation of New Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes
Columbia GSAPP — where Untapped Cities’ founder, Michelle Young, is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture — has recently announced the formation of
Cities 101: What Exactly Are “Subway Signals”?
We’ve all been there. Standing on the platform, peeking down the tunnel to see if we can spot that
See Progress Photos of Track Renewal Updates Inside NYC’s Penn Station
Since the summer of 2017, Amtrak has been working on a series of track renewal projects inside Penn Station as
New York City’s Presidential Haunts from Washington to Trump
A look at NYC sites associated with presidents from the first to the current!
