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!
Climb Atop the Harlem Fire Watchtower
The Harlem Fire Watchtower is the last of its kind. Constructed on Mount Morris in the 1850s and restored in
New York City Water Towers: How They Work
The second episode of our The Untapped New York Podcast is all about the New York City water tower! In
The Pneumatic Tube Mail System in New York City
I’m often asked what my favorite weird/obscure fact about New York City was. Ironically, as the founder of
Brooklyn’s Best Decorated Halloween House
At 1306 Albermarle Road skeletons are climbing up the clapboard and into the windows of the turret, clowns are cackling
The Missing Cupola of NYC’s Hotel Belleclaire
Architect Emery Roth’s illustrious career was kickstarted by major commissions for apartment hotels on Manhattan’s Upper West Side,
Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of NYC’s Pan Am Building (now MetLife)
On October 13th, The Pan Am Museum Foundation will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the landmarked midtown building now known
Eagle Head from the Original Penn Station is on Display in Moynihan Train Hall
The design of Moynihan Train Hall is filled with many subtle nods to the original McKim, Mead, and White-designed Penn
A Piece of NYC’s Lost 13th Ave Runs Through Manhattan’s First Public Beach
Manhattanites no longer need to hop on a train or drive to get to the beach. Gansevoort Peninsula, a new
Tour a Different Building Every Day of Archtober 2023
Each day in the month of October, a different building in New York City will open its doors to visitors
Celebrate Archtober 2023 with Untapped New York!
Archtober, New York City’s architecture and design month and an annual festival of architecture activities, programs, and exhibitions, kicks
The Refinery at Domino Opens in Former Industrial Brooklyn Landmark
The transformation of Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar refinery building is complete! Now enclosed within the historic brick facade on