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!
In Newtown, Connecticut stands the ruins of a stately psychiatric hospital. The Fairfield Hills State Hospital opened in 1931, with
New York City’s remaining gantries loom like industrial relics, reminding us of a once bustling waterfront where railroads and
All photos in slideshow and header image courtesy Empire State Building The newly redesigned 80th floor of the Empire State
All photos by Will Femia. Header image: CIM Group/LIVWRK. For nearly half a century until 2017, the WATCHTOWER sign
In early October, we reported that the “globes” on the Manhattan Bridge were being removed and replaced. Technically called spheres,
The team at Lang Architecture is creating a new approach to designing, and developing, buildings. Through our Untapped New York
From an iconic skyscraper facing one of the city’s oldest squares to a former museum hiding in plain sight
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is a nonprofit organization committed to the development, establishment and long-term stewardship of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway,
The recent renovations at Penn Station have led to many parts of the station being boarded up, but at the
Photographer and documentary filmmakers Nathan Kensinger and Nathan Dorr have been tracking the changes on New York City’s waterfront
In 2016, the Naval Cemetery Landscape opened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in a portion of the facility closed off
For twenty years, the pool on the second cellar level of the Woolworth Building has sat empty and abandoned. Now,
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