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Events
Explore the History of the Notable Sing Sing Prison
Sing Sing Prison, one of the country’s most notable prisons, has for 200 years led shifts in the national
New York
Join the Conversation on the Future of a Post-Rikers NYC
Untapped Cities Insiders is excited to announce a new partnership with the Brooklyn Historical Society. This partnership will grant Insiders
Events
NYC’s The New School Presents: States of Incarceration
The Sheila C. Johnson Center at Parson’s New School For Design in Manhattan recently opened an exhibit on the
Architecture
Daily What?! A Revolutionary War Sugar House Prison Window in Downtown Manhattan
Every day, New Yorkers pass by a relic of the Revolutionary War without giving it a second glance. On Duane
Architecture
“Vamp Camp” on True Blood Takes Design Cues from 18th-Century Prison Theory
Bentham’s Panopticon. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Those that (still) watch True Blood, HBO’s vampire drama will be familiar
Arts & Culture
Go Inside Riker’s Island!
One of the most popular Untapped New York articles has been about the prisons of New York City. This fall,
Architecture
13 of NYC’s Active Prisons: Rikers Island, The Tombs, Manhattan Correctional Center
The word infrastructure usually conjures up images of roads, highways, bridges and mass transit. One thing that Kate Ascher taught