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Vintage Photos: NYC’s Lost Metropolitan Opera House
Most would find it surprising that The Metropolitan Opera Management sued to have their own opera house razed, but that
A New Day for West Park Presbyterian Church & the UWS
One of Manhattan’s most beautiful landmarked churches—the West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side—has been
See the 2023 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award Winners in NYC!
Winners of the “Oscars of Preservation” have been announced and they feature a wide variety of historic structures across New
The Forgotten History of New York’s “Flying Boats”
New York’s LaGuardia Airport is in the news for its glamorous new Terminal C. At 1.3 million square
7 Endangered Historic Buildings & Districts in New York State
The Preservation League of New York State has released their annual “Seven to Save” list of 2022-2023. For more than
The Efforts to Save Grand Prospect Hall Amidst Demolition
The opulently decorated ballrooms of Park Slope’s Grand Prospect Hall, the last authentic vaudeville theater in Brooklyn, once harkened
Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island Honors More Than 350 Years of History
Did you know there’s a 100-acre historical village on Staten Island, Historic Richmond Town? The town, with 40 historic
A Portrait Made of Hair?! Inside the Collection of the King Manor Museum
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the unique artifacts featured in the collection of the King Manor Museum with Executive Director
Don’t Demolish Penn Station Twice: Save the Powerhouse
When Justin Rivers, now Chief Experience Officer of Untapped New York, first contacted us in 2013, he was in the
Washington Heights Underground Railroad House at Risk of Demolition
A historic house in Washington Heights that once belonged to abolitionist Dennis Harris might be demolished and replaced by a
Join a Behind-the-Scenes Virtual Tour of the Tenement Museum
How do you turn a five-floor walk-up that is mostly in ruins into a museum? Preserve it as it was
Isamu Noguchi Lobby at 666 Fifth Avenue Has Been Removed
The Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi made his way back into the spotlight recently, with the addition of one of his