Finding Fifth Avenue's Lost Traffic Light Mercury Statues
What happened to the 104 bronze figures that once lined NYC's famous thoroughfare?!
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!
Discover how cutting edge technology at the East Midtown Greenway helps to create a more sustainable and resilient shoreline in NYC!
The Red Room, a floor to ceiling mosaic room exists inside One Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, but has been closed off for decades.
Join photographer John Lazzarro for a journey into the abandoned rooms of New York’s former Buffalo State Hospital!
Recreate iconic landmarks of Greenwich Village inside your home with a limited edition LEGO® set from Village Preservation and Peacham!
From its days as a freight railway and abandoned wasteland to its current state as a beloved park, uncover secrets of the High Line in NYC!
A new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society resurrects lost landmarks, vistas, and communities of a bygone New York City!
See vintage photos of the recently renovated Rye Playland Pool, first opened in 1929, and reopening this month after a 5 year closure!
Downtown Brooklyn’s newest park honors brave Brooklynites and historic sites of the 19th-century abolitionist movement!
The evolution of Roosevelt Island itself is illustrated in the history of the Blackwell House, a historic home built between
A ghost sign at 219 Bowery gives a glimpse into the history of one of New York City’s oldest streets in Manhattan!
On Thursday, a $24.1 million renovation project symbolically broke ground at the historic Nuyorican Poets Cafe on Manhttan’s
Formerly used as a university basketball court, Brooklyn Paramount has returned to its roots as a music venue after a multi-year restoration!
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