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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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14 of NYC’s Smallest Cemeteries, By Number of Interments
Considering everything else that New York City has to offer, New Yorkers probably don’t dwell on the city’s
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Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant on Doyers Street Looks to Restore Chinatown History
5-7 Doyers Street when it was the Chinese Theatre/Chinese Opera House. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Bain News Service.
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Plans for Javits Center Expansion Include Building The Largest Ballroom In The Northeast
A visual rendering of the expanded Jacob K. Javits Center Governor Andrew Cuomo has been making big strides in pushing
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New Plans and Visionary Renderings For NYC’s Penn Station Renovation
As reported by the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo has revealed more about his ambitious plans to modernize New
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The Top 12 Secrets of NYC’s Madison Square
We’ve uncovered the secrets of a lot of the major “squares” in New York City – Times Square, Herald Square,
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10 NYC Post Offices that Double as Art Galleries
New York City has more than its share of art. Works of art can be found throughout the city, in
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Untapped Cities Tour: The Remnants of Penn Station, Get Reproduction Ticket of the First Ride
Photo from Library of Congress In 2015, we hosted over 10 sold-out experiences of the original Untapped Cities-developed tour, The
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When Manhattan’s Oldest House Was Razed for Public Housing on the Lower East Side
Photo from the Library of Congress. In 1936, the oldest known house in Manhattan, on the southern end of Cherry
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The First Of NYC’s Free Wi-Fi LinkNYC Kiosks Appear in Manhattan
If you were in Gramercy/East Village yesterday, you might have noticed some new additions: two new, free Wi-Fi kiosks
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10 Beautiful Apartment Entryways of the Bronx
While Brooklyn is known for its iconic brownstones, with their attractive doors, the Bronx is much more a place of
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The Kissena Velodrome In Flushing, NYC: New York’s Only Remaining Cycling Track
New York City is home to many obscure places and things, such as secret tunnels and an abandoned smallpox hospital.
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Chance Ecologies Art Exhibition Explores the Soon to be Lost Wild Landscapes of Hunter’s Point South
Chance Ecologies: The Wild Landscapes of Hunter’s Point South, an exhibition at Radiator Gallery in Long Island City, presents