Secrets of NYC
Finding Fifth Avenue's Lost Traffic Light Mercury Statues
What happened to the 104 bronze figures that once lined NYC's famous thoroughfare?!
Architecture
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!
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The Lost Bowery Theatre, Once the Largest in America
The Bowery, New York City’s oldest thoroughfare, was the epicenter of working-class entertainment in the mid-19th century. After long
Architecture
NYC Film Locations: You’ve Got Mail on the Upper West Side
“Do you know what? We are going to seduce them. We’re going to seduce them with our square footage,
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Photos: Inside Villa Albertine at the Payne-Whitney Mansion in NYC
Untapped New York Insiders recently got an exclusive tour of the Payne-Whitney Mansion, now home to Villa Albertine, the cultural
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A New Day for West Park Presbyterian Church & the UWS
One of Manhattan’s most beautiful landmarked churches—the West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side—has been
Abandoned
Inside Abandoned Rooms of the Former Buffalo State Hospital
“The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it; tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it.“ Frederick
Architecture
How the New York City Steam System Works
Our latest Untapped New York podcast episode is out, all about how the New York City steam system works. Have
Architecture
The History of NYC’s Last Spanish-Language Bookstore
Located just off the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 80th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, sits a small bookstore called
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Striking Sculptures Fill This Upper East Side Townhouse Turned Art Gallery
Ballet is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful forms of expression in our modern world. But with beauty, there often
Architecture
The First Public Walking Tours of Hart Island to Start This Month in NYC
Hart Island has long been an obscured and out-of-reach location for most New Yorkers. Located in the Long Island Sound