How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
Images: Atema Architecture With a recent report noting that stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows (CSOs) continue to pose challenges
Over the last few decades, a new wave of attractive Postmodern buildings have sprung up across the Bronx. Although they
Spread across the five boroughs of New York City, the Fire Alarm Telegraph Stations stand in City parks as reminders
This Sunday, April 10th, from 4 PM to 8 PM, the Queens Museum will be holding its Spring Exhibitions Opening,
Newtown Creek, which separates Brooklyn and Queens and flows into the East River, is today both a Superfund site and
Two images of the Woolworth Building (left, 1914; right 1916) by Rachael Robinson Elmer As skyscrapers sprouted in ever increasing
Benrubi Gallery in West Chelsea is currently hosting “Asylum,” an exhibition featuring photographs of abandoned psychiatric hospitals by Christopher Payne,
The Bronx, which had over 100 theaters showing movies and live entertainment in the years before World War II, now
In late March 1906, less than a month before San Francisco would be rocked by a massive earthquake, artist Vernon
A few designers in New York are working to reimagine the prosaic window grille, transforming it from a utilitarian security
Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and High Bridges (2015) The ARTViews Gallery at the Moses campus of the Montefiore Medical Center is
At Untapped Cities, we like to cover bars and restaurants that are off-the-beaten path. Interesting history, attractive design, and a
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