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!
With 5 separate lines and 124 stations throughout New York City, the Hudson Valley, and Connecticut, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad
You’ve heard of Broadway, of course, but what about “Old Broadway”? This little alley off 125th Street in Manhattanville
Discover the rugged soul of the Meatpacking District through filmmaker Gregoire Alessandrini’s short film “Meat Market 1993”. The New
Pier 26 in Hudson River Park was formerly a concrete slab. Its recent claim to fame may have been as
When first built, New York’s Pennsylvania Station was the largest train station in the world. In 1963 the ax
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Archtober, New York City’s month-long celebration of architecture and design. Every year
Tucked between two office buildings at 55 Water Street is a hard-to-find escalator which whisks you up to The Elevated
Photo by Max Touhey Manhattan welcomed its newest skyscraper One Vanderbilt in September 2020. The towering building designed by James
Early skyscrapers introduced New Yorkers to the novelty and thrill of being hundreds and thousands of feet in the air.
As the country is processing the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, her childhood growing up
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