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The Skybridges of New York City: Madison Square Park, Herald Square, Columbia
In New York City, sky bridges are largely a thing from the past. As we mentioned in our last skybridge
Five of NYC’s Former Asylums Converted into Apartments, Classrooms, Churches, and More
If you found out that the building you lived or worked in was once an asylum, would you move out?
Film Locations: The Most Filmed College Classroom Is Inside Columbia University's Havemeyer Hall
The exterior of Havemeyer Hall at Columbia University. Do you recognize it? If someone asked you to picture a college
Filming “The Americans” at Columbia University’s Italian Academy
The Americans, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Russian KGB agents posing as suburban Americans living in Washington D.
Replicas of Columbia University Buildings Show up in Seoul, Korea
You wouldn’t think you’d be able to find a replica of St. John the Divine’s nestled in
Daily What?!: Lighthouse Atop Building in the Bronx
Untapped Cities writer Brian Orce sent us this photo of a quirky lighthouse atop a building in the Bronx, which
Jack Kerouac and William S. Burrough’s Brush with Murder at Columbia
Before they became the voices of the Beat Generation, the still unknown Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg
In Memoriam: Mojdeh Baratloo, architect and Untapped Cities inspiration
A message from Untapped Cities founder, Michelle Young: Some people change the entire trajectory of your life. For me, Columbia
Your Week Untapped: Best Events for March 4-10
Our curated events picks for this week: SCOPE, The Armory Show and The (UN)FAIR Art Show Shake-up. MONDAY,
Urban Profile: Processional Arts Workshop, Creators of the Village Halloween Parade’s Giant Puppets
Image by Kurl Rabe, courtesy Processional Arts Workshop Inspired by everything from the Higgs boson particle to Karagiosiz shadow theater,
Preview of Paolo Ventura’s Fantastical Photos at Columbia’s Italian Academy
A figure with a bunch of colorful balloons covering his face floats up over a gray cityscape. A lone man
On the Watercolor Trail to Morningside Heights
Broadway is the oldest North-South thoroughfare in our City. Like many of our streets, it originated as an Indian