Visit the Map Room in Manhattan's Municipal Building
Explore rare maps of NYC housed in the Map Room of Manhattan's Municipal Building with Manhattan's official topographer, Hector Rivera!
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!
Dubbed the “Cathedral of Commerce” when it debuted in 1913, the Woolworth Building represented an unprecedented feat of engineering and
The Federal Archive Building is a ten-story Romanesque Revival-style red brick building in Manhattan’s West Village. It was built
Early skyscrapers introduced New Yorkers to the novelty and thrill of being hundreds and thousands of feet in the air.
New York is about to lose the historic Hotel Pennsylvania. Demolition of the 103-year-old Beaux-Arts structure designed by McKim, Mead
On a measly five-block triangular plot of land, nestled along the Brooklyn-Queens boundary line, sits one of the most fascinating
The High Line, once an abandoned afterthought on the edge of Manhattan, has quickly become one of New York’s
When thinking about the most historic amusement park in New York City, the first place that might come to mind
This is the 96th Street substation. It was built in 1904 as part of New York’s first subway, the
Coney Island is one of New York City’s gems, appearing front and center on advertisements, brochures, and guides. For
Currently under construction at 47th Street and Broadway is the TSX Broadway project — which involves the creation of a new
Skyscrapers: boon or blight? That appears to be the perennial question. For architect Cass Gilbert, designer of the famous Woolworth
The George Washington Bridge is the busiest roadway in the United States and of all the bridges in New York
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