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!
The Brooklyn Public Library is welcoming visitors to enjoy the bliss and safety of reading outside by installing outdoor reading
“Any Person Driving over this Bridge Faster than a Walk will be Subject to a Penalty of Five Dollars for
There is no plaque on the large Greek Revival townhouse at 70 Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights, but writer Truman
Explore stunning Central Park views from the penthouse of the new Gluck+-designed building at 145 Central Park North on
The latest plan to expand Penn Station’s footprint, known as the Empire Station Complex, could have significant ramifications for
In the middle of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn is the 25-acre Pratt Institute campus, a gorgeous collection of landmarked buildings amidst
As part of our most recent podcast episode of The Untapped New York Podcast, we went hunting for the oldest
When Justin Rivers, now Chief Experience Officer of Untapped New York, first contacted us in 2013, he was in the
The Jerome Park Racetrack, once described as the “national race course of America,” was a thoroughbred horse racing facility from
Fort Tryon Park sits high above the Hudson River on land once home to several Gilded Age estates. The most
The award-winning adaptive reuse of the old New Jersey Bell Headquarters is adding new luster to a forgotten 1929 architectural
“Well I’ve never been able to photograph from here before! The Lake in Central Park is frozen solid – this
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