15 Iconic New York Restaurants, Bars and Cafes
The restaurants that our grandparents told us about are getting replaced weekly. The last automats in New York have long
Tracing the Patti Smith Trail in NYC from Tompkins Square Park to CBGB
A little over forty years ago, in a nightclub called Max’s Kansas City, Robert Mapplethorpe made his way through
Morbid Dublin: 5 Places to Get Surprisingly Close to Dublin’s Dead
There’s always an undercurrent of tragedy in Dublin, even if its inhabitants face it with unnerving courage. The capital
14 Vintage NYC Restaurants, Bars and Cafes
Eddie’s Sweet Shop in Forest Hills The restaurants that our grandparents told us about are getting replaced weekly. The
8 Must See Spots in the East Village: Home of Allen Ginsberg, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, Abraço
The East Village may be gentrifying, but it’s still one of the last refuges for bohemia in Manhattan, and
Cities 101: How Does Harbor Dredging Work in NYC?
In 1850, the depth of New York Harbor was between 10 and 20 feet. Today, the harbor is more than
Get Tickets to See the 3rd Section of the High Line Starting August 28th
Section 3 of the High Line might not be opened or shined up, but High Line Art has commissioned (temporary)
Daily What?! A Shark on the N Train in NYC?
It’s Shark Week, and there has certainly been quite a lot of unexpected news on that front. Yesterday, subway
Photographing Every One of Jim Power’s Mosaics on St. Mark’s Place
Besides the amazingly diverse population, the community gardens, the graffiti, and the air of resistance, one of the East Village’
Pop-Up Portals in the East Village Lead to Theatrical Happenings
If you’ve wandered Alphabet City lately, you might have noticed the artwork pictured above, or others like it. This
Vintage Photos: Inside the Cotton Club, One of NYC’s Leading Jazz Venues of the 1920s and ’30s
The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz venue, but during the Harlem Renaissance that started after
Daily What?! What’s a Classical Facade and Neon Art Doing on a Waste Plant in NYC?
The last thing we expect to see on a Department of Sanitation building is classical architecture, much like yesterday’s