For nearly twenty years, The Hope Project was entombed within a pile of external hard-drives at the Tape Art studio. "It's a ...

Among the surprising elements embedded in the ground is a new memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks: a floor inlay at the Oculus Transportation Hub that highlights the "Wedge of Light" ...

We’ve previously taken you through 5 of Manhattan narrowest houses, including the narrowest of them all at 75 ½ Bedford ...

Most New Yorkers don't know their city was a battleground from August to November 1776 — from Gravesend in Brooklyn to Pelham in the Bronx. The Battle of Harlem Heights was a turning point. On ...

Established in 1923, the Grand Central School of Art enrolled 900 students at its peak, counting notable artists like Arshile Gorky, Daniel Chester French, Willem de Kooning, and Norman Rockwell as ...

The Vanderbilt family, the namesakes of New York sites such as Vanderbilt Avenue and skyscrapers like One Vanderbilt, was one of the richest families in American history. Their success began with the ...

In 2009, the High Line was hailed as the savior of the declining West Chelsea neighborhood. Fifteen years later, the area surrounding this now beloved “park in the sky” is bursting with food, art ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article Townhouses along Strivers Row, one of Harlem’s most beautiful areas. Sitting at the northern end of Manhattan is Harlem, one of the city’s most prominent ...

“Automats were right up there with the Statue of Liberty and Madison Square Garden,” Kent L. Barwick, former president of the Municipal Art Society, lamented to the New York Times in 1991 when the ...

Strategically placed along the waterways surrounding New York City to warn of aquatic hazards, a collection of lighthouses ushers ships into New York Harbor, lighting the way for a safe passage into ...

With the exception of the New York City Police Academy, there are no colleges in College Point — and there hasn’t been a college there in decades. This begs the question, why is the neighborhood ...

Of the hundreds of buildings architect Richard Roth Jr. designed over his 40-plus year career, a relatively unassuming college accommodation complex is among his favorites. Unassuming, but culturally ...