The Heroic Canine "Chief" of NYC's Engine 203 Firehouse
Meet the award-winning firehouse dog, Chief, who is still around today...
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!
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is most notable to New Yorkers these days as the designer of 2 World Trade Center,
The New York Subway system opened to the public for the first time on October 27th, 1904 and changed the
The Plaza Hotel is one of the oldest and most famous buildings in the city, now over a hundred years
By reading first-hand accounts of the opening day of the New York City subway, October 27, 1904, you get a
“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves room for less lies” – Le Corbusier “The desire to reach
In 2015, almost 70 years after the dawn of commercial air travel following World War II, airports are still the
The book Art Deco Mailboxes by Karen Greene and Lynne Lavelle is a wonderful survey of the iconic mailboxes installed
All photos by Jinwoo Chong for Untapped Cities In an example of the perennial struggle of small businesses and traditions
This 19 unit Art-Deco complex is one of New York’s most popular tourist destinations. Every year, it hosts the
This question pops up around the Untapped Cities office pretty often. What’s the latest tallest building in New York
On July 25th, we’ll be hosting our next tour in the Behind the Scenes NYC Tour Series with the
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