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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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Inside the Transformation of Atlanta’s Abandoned Ponce City Market, Before and After Conversion
For almost a century, one of the largest buildings in the Southeastern United States has maintained a dominating street presence
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A Fantastical Proposed Skyscraper for NYC’s Billionaire Row by Mark Foster Gage
All images by Mark Foster Gage As we’ve recently covered, there are many new radical ideas for New York
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Penn Station Atlas Project Hopes to Make Hated Train Station Less Confusing
It’s no secret that Penn Station is really confusing. And there are very clear reasons for it. The labyrinth
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The Artist Who Captured Early 20th Century NYC: 15 Sketches by Vernon Howe Bailey
Herald Square “In 1900.” The Romance of the Store (1922) As New York was reinventing itself from a Victorian city
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A Look Inside the Opulent Cunard Building in NYC
At 25 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District sits the Cunard Building– a vast, 22-story limestone office building with a
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Federal Hall National Memorial in NYC to Receive Major Restoration in 2016
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, along with National Parks of New York Harbor, and National Parks of New York
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The Top 15 Secrets of NYC’s Union Square
Union Square, one of New York City’s major intersections, has quite a reputation. It is many things: a lively
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NYC Book Excerpt: Life at the Dakota by Stephen Birmingham
We are pleased to present an exclusive excerpt of the e-book Life At the Dakota: New York’s Most Unusual
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A Look at NYC’s Abandoned Bowery Station Platform
With its historic metal treads still in place (they have been replaced in every other New York City subway station)
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The Rex Moore Building in the Bronx: The Only NYC Apartment Named After a Dog?
A St. Bernard named Rex Moore has been gracing the entrance to 2500 University Avenue in the Fordham Manor neighborhood
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Last Week to See The Eternal Space, A Play About the Demolition of Original Penn Station
With a feature on NBC, the off-Broadway play The Eternal Space has shown that New Yorkers today do care about
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Striking Photos of the Empty Rose Reading Room During New York Public Library Renovation
The Untapped Cities team once got invited to spend overnight inside the New York Public Library and it was with