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!
As the story goes, there’s a famous job interview question first used by Microsoft: “Why are manhole covers round?
February 20th marks the 120th birthday anniversary of noted architect Louis Kahn. Kahn was a modern architect who designed with
A walk down Sylvan Terrace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood is a walk back in time. Located right next
Depending on where you live in New York, you either spent the past year meeting with your coworkers over Zoom
Following up our master list of 160 secrets of New York City, we bring to you 160 hidden gems of
After more than thirty years of neglect, the once majestic sanctuary of the Eldridge Street Synagogue sat empty and covered
Discover what it would be like to live at Waldorf Astoria New York on an upcoming virtual tour of the
A historic house in Washington Heights that once belonged to abolitionist Dennis Harris might be demolished and replaced by a
Before Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was transformed to accommodate the World’s Fairs of 1939 and 1964, America’s first World’
We’ve been following the story of 227 Duffield Street on Abolitionist Place in Downtown Brooklyn for over a decade,
The history of German immigration to New York, despite its large volume, lacks the same attention awarded to other migratory
The inaugural episode of The Untapped New York Podcast was a dive into my favorite subject of all time: New
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