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!
Hidden in the overgrown forest by the Hudson River Valley in Rhinebeck, New York is the Wyndcliffe Mansion. Built in
Boasting a fifteenth-century classical exterior and ten rooms filled with a range of historical and contemporary craft, art, and design
The Hotel Pennsylvania “may have been a grande dame in its time,” Steven Roth told Vornado shareholders in an annual
Did you know there’s a 100-acre historical village on Staten Island, Historic Richmond Town? The town, with 40 historic
Have you ever come across one of these “topographical bureau” markers? If you’re a New York City nerd like
Even the Empire State Building. one of the world’s most famous buildings has its secrets. We were recently treated
Amidst the creeks and marshes upland from Midland Beach, Staten Island are two small wooden bridges, which form the last
New York City’s public infrastructure can be taken for granted if the history of the city is not often
The Bronx, which had over 100 theaters showing movies and live entertainment in the years before World War II, now
145 Central Park North is the newest address along Central Park’s northern edge. The design of the new building,
Before the Whole Foods in Gowanus was built, a handsome building stood alone, left over from the bustling concrete industry
On the campus of The City College of New York, across from the iconic Shepard Hall and in front of
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