Architecture
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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Behind the Scenes Tour on the Queensway with the Trust for Public Land [Photos]
As the chill winter weather begins to settle on New York City, an exciting project is heating up in Queens.
Abandoned Photographer Will Ellis Speaks about New Book Abandoned NYC
On February 4th, longtime Untapped Cities columnist Will Ellis will be giving a talk for our events series about his
NYC Then & Now: From Pushcarts to Trendy Boutiques on the Lower East Side
Welcome to a new feature within our Vintage Photography column, the Then & Now series brought to you by Vestiges
Tour the Off-Limits Woolworth Building with Untapped Cities
The Woolworth Building is one of New York City’s most famous off-limits landmarks. Though its Byzantine, cathedral-like interior of
The Restoration of the Harlem Fire Watchtower Begins
As the only surviving watchtower of the original thirteen dotting Manhattan, we have been paying particular attention to the much
Photos of Deteriorating Central Park in the 1980s v. Now
Photo by the Central Park Conservancy. Yesterday, Gothamist had a great photo series on what Central Park looked like in
Inside the Abandoned Loew’s Canal Theater in NYC
Untapped Cities contributor Matt Lambros of After the Final Curtain has a new article on his website about the abandoned
Take Video Tour of NYC in 1949 in Full Technicolor
In this clip from the 1949 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film Mighty Manhattan – New York’s Wonder City you get to
NYC Urban Explorers Illicitly Photograph Second Avenue Subway Construction
We recently received a “Christmas gift” of photographs from an anonymous group of urban explorers who had recently made it
Fun Maps: NYC’s “Awkwardly Shaped” Tax Lots Equal Over 5+ Million Sq Ft of Land
One of New York City’s most unique pieces of property was Hess Triangle, only 500 square inches and the
The Top 10 Untapped Cities Articles of 2014
It’s been a fun year for “untapped” quirky news, and our readers proved to us the range of their
16 of NYC’s Former Prisons: Jefferson Market, Bellevue, Essex Market, City Hall
New York City’s prison population is the lowest it has been in 10 years–10,923 inmates as of