NYC That Never Was
The NYC That Never Was: Wild Plans to Redo the Statue of Liberty
Call for Submission, 1983. Image Courtesy of Storefront for Art and Architecture. In 1983, as the centennial of the Statue
10 Forgotten Examples of NYC’s Car-Centric History from Old Penn Station’s Driveways to Washington Square Park’s Parking
With its 24/7 transit system and a subway system that dates from 1904, New York City seems like a
The NYC that Never Was: Riverside Park’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial
In honor of Memorial Day, today we’re looking back at the history of the white marble Soldiers’ and Sailors’
The NYC that Never Was: New York City’s High Speed Monorail
City Island Railroad Car, c. 1910. Photo from Library Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Imagine if New Yorkers could commute by
The NYC That Never Was: A Highway on the Rooftops of NYC
In July 1927, Popular Science profiled a proposal for a sixteen mile elevated highway that would span the rooftops of
The NYC that Never Was: The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Unfinished Areas
One of our favorite fun facts about the Metropolitan Museum of Art is that it’s still unfinished (and that
The NYC That Never Was: 1 WTC and the Competition for the World Trade Center Site
A note from Untapped New York founder, Michelle Young: 9/11 happened on the first day of registration my sophomore
NYC That Never Was: Alternate Plans for Times Square from 1984-MAS Competition
Now through January 2015, the Skyscraper Museum is presenting the exhibit Times Square 1984: The Postmodern Moment. The exhibit takes
The NYC that Never Was: 1926 Plans for The Hearst Building & Plaza That Would Have Dwarfed Times Square
In 1926, William Randolph Hearst commissioned Joseph Urban, one of the most important theater designers of the time, to create
The NYC that Never Was: The Moorish Revival Campus Yeshiva University Could Have Had
New York City is home to multiple stunning and architecturally unique college campuses from Columbia’s Neo-Classical acropolis to City
The NYC that Never Was: What The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building Could Have Become
We all know the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building on Madison Square Park with its distinctive tower rising high on the
The New York City that Never Was: What The Brooklyn Museum Could Have Been
In 1893, McKim, Mead, & White won the design competition for what would become the Brooklyn Museum. Their design featured