What Are Those Tiny Thermometers on NYC Subway Ceilings?
Guerilla art? Buttons? Find out exactly what these tiny thermometers on the NYC subway are used for!
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!
Along the waterfront of Staten Island’s eastern shore, Bayley-Seton Hospital, is an imposing facility. It’s creepiness validated by
Guastavino tiles, a famed, though now obsolete vaulting technique used in over 200 historical structures in the city, can give
A few steps after getting off the Roosevelt Island tram, you will be greeted by a stately but tiny welcome
Harriet Harriss, Photo credit: Morley Von Sternberg We recently sat down with the architect and writer, Dr. Harriet Harriss, the
Discover the stunning and often hidden architecture of New York City’s most under appreciated engineers on our brand new
40 Wall Street has a few claims to fame. It was once the world’s tallest building for just two
On our Archtober tour of Roosevelt Island’s architecture led by our Chief Experience Officer Justin Rivers, Judith Berdy, President
You’ve probably stepped on one of these metal private property line markers on the sidewalks of New York City
“It was the most daunting design challenge of my career,” says Hany Hassan, partner and director of the Washington, D.
At the former site of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in Middletown, New York, there are signs of both decay
Yesterday, the Untapped New York team had the honor of climbing up the Washington Square Park arch, the iconic landmark
Within the former Tenderloin district, Tin Pan Alley was the tiny sliver of a block of 28th Street between Broadway
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