Who was J.P. Morgan's Personal Librarian, Belle da Costa Greene?
Uncover the incredible life story of the first director of The Morgan Library & Museum and the secret she hid!
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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!
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The Top 10 Mews Pubs In London
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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Take a Video Trip Through the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
A few years ago, we were given the chance to roam and photograph the TWA Flight Center with nobody in
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Inside the Ziegfeld Theatre One Last Time, Plans to Convert to Ballroom Announced
Just last summer, we reported on the mini-museum that’s in the lobby of the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre at 141
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10 Buildings and Structures in NYC That Have Changed Colors
New York City’s architecture changes and evolves with design trends. Sometimes, buildings get full makeovers. Other times, they go
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Fun Maps: World Wide Metro Map Unites All 214 Subway Systems Around the World on a Single Map
Inspired by architect Constant Nieuwenhuys‘ 1959 “New Babylon” collage that imagined a globe of interconnected, borderless cities, New York City-based
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“Brooklyn in Process” Architecture Exhibit Shows Borough’s Changing Facade
McCarren Park Pool model. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by Jeffrey Man, courtesy of Usagi NY Gallery. New York
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Photos of Abandoned Port Morris Branch Train Tracks in the Bronx from the 1990s to Today
James and Karla Murray are the photographers and authors of the fantastic books about New York City’s unique disappearing
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27 Secrets of NYC’s Coney Island
While theme parks like Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Six Flags are known for having some of the biggest rides and
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Is the World’s Smallest Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia?
The tsars are remembered for their lavish palaces – monuments of decadence that encouraged peasants and factory workers to take up
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The NYC That Never Was: The “Monument to Democracy” With a 100-foot Tall Rainbow Arch by the Founder of The Cloisters
If the proposed Monument to Democracy, a peace memorial honoring the dead of the First World War, had been built
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The Parts of NYC Moved from the United Kingdom, Now Part of City’s Land & Architecture
It may come as a surprise that parts of New York City (ranging from a cherub sculpture to 11 blocks
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NYC’s Great “Rocking Chair Riots” of 1901 In Madison Square Park
From historic labor union protests to ones about vital economic and political issues like human rights, climate change and the