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Join Us For a Tour of the Remains of The Tenderloin, New York’s Cradle of Vice
Join us and uncover the vestiges of The Tenderloin, also known as “Satan’s Circus” back in the late 19th
Daily What?! The Mystery of the Garment District Arcades in NYC
Here’s a fun trick: several of the lobbies of Garment District buildings are arcades that go mid-block between
Downtown Doodler: The Art Deco New Yorker Hotel ArchiDoodle
The New Yorker Hotel was designed in the Art Deco style by the architectural firm Sugarman & Berger. While the
Where the Subway Won’t Go: A Brief Transit History of Fifth Avenue, New York City
Fifth Avenue Coach Company’s double-decker bus Fifth Avenue has it all: opulent retail, national embassies, corporate headquarters–but
Downtown Doodler: A Brief History of the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown
Built in the roaring twenties by Sugerman & Berger, but opened during the great depression, the New Yorker has lived
Can Public Engagement Lead to Agreement in NYC: Ideas for New York’s New Leadership
“Nimbyism is a gift of the ’60s,” announced Xavier de Souza Briggs, the Ford Foundation’s Vice President of Economic
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
Daily What?! Midtown Manhattan’s Forgotten Weather Beacon at 1740 Broadway
Located at the corner of 56th Street, 1740 Broadway was constructed in 1950 for Mutual of New York as their
The Art of Style by Kit Mills 045: the Velvet Overground
alternate title: Some Velvet Midtown Midtown Manhattan is not the most interesting place in New York for fashion. Or for
NYC’s Ridiculously Luxurious Towers Examined by the Skyscraper Museum
If you’ve been following the news about the crop of supertall slender skyscrapers rising up in Manhattan but want
Inside the Ruins of the Lutèce Restaurant in NYC, of Mad Men Fame
At 249-253 East 50th Street, sits the remains of a restaurant that keeps reappearing in pop culture. The Lutèce
A Look Inside the Beautiful Rizzoli Bookstore on 57th Street, Sign the Petition to Save it from Demolition
After nearly 30 years at its current location, Rizzoli is threatened with eviction once again. The Rizzoli Publishing House, which