Architecture Projects Would Have Changed New York But Were Never Built

Numerous building projects were envisioned for New York City but were never realized. Never Built New York is a book written on these "what ifs" by architecture critic Greg Goldin and journalist Sam Lubell, as well as the title of an exhibition the pair curated, which opens at the Queens Museum this September.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Key Project for Ellis Island(1959) would have housed
7,500 residents in seven candlestick-shaped towers orbiting around a giant globe.
Residents would have access to all the amenities of a big city,
including hospitals, movie theatres, restaurants, and more.

Rufus Henry Gilbert, Gilbert’s Elevated Railway(1870)His plan for an Elevated Railway included a series of elevated tubes 24 feet above the
 ground, which he patented in 1870.

Buckminster Fuller, Dome Over Manhattan & Dodger Dome (1961 & 1955)

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