The Shed’s the Thing: How NYC Restaurants Adapted to Covid
10.28.2021
Do they represent revitalized city streets or add to congestion, noise, and garbage?
Do they represent revitalized city streets or add to congestion, noise, and garbage?
Jack Crager
How Art is Activating New York City’s Struggling Retail Sector
10.04.2021
A number of cultural venues have popped up to animate the empty storefronts.
A number of cultural venues have popped up to animate the empty storefronts.
My 15-Minute City: Upper West Side, New York City
04.13.2021
One walk around the neighborhood and he was smitten.
One walk around the neighborhood and he was smitten.
The Frick’s New Digs: A Historic Collection Meets Breuer’s Whitney
03.17.2021
It’s a bold, unprecedented experiment in art curation.
It’s a bold, unprecedented experiment in art curation.
Household Dame: The Visionary Modernism of Eileen Gray
11.02.2020
A recent show highlights the career of a remarkable designer nearly lost to the mists of history.
A recent show highlights the career of a remarkable designer nearly lost to the mists of history.
During a Lockdown, What is “Essential?”
04.14.2020
Notes from the retail front in New York City.
Notes from the retail front in New York City.
What Will It Take to Move to Mars?
12.16.2019
A broad-ranging exhibition catalog reveals how close we are to pioneering human life on the red planet. And how far away.
A broad-ranging exhibition catalog reveals how close we are to pioneering human life on the red planet. And how far away.
Where Was Jim Crow? Living in Frank Lloyd Wright’s America
10.25.2017
An exhibit in Harlem explores the roots of utopian suburbs, public-housing projects, and the vast societal gaps between them.
An exhibit in Harlem explores the roots of utopian suburbs, public-housing projects, and the vast societal gaps between them.
Never Built New York: Grand Architectural Visions, Dashed Dreams, and Good, Old-Fashioned Hubris
01.04.2017
A new book looks at some of Gotham’s most daring and, in some cases, insane unbuilt projects.
A new book looks at some of Gotham’s most daring and, in some cases, insane unbuilt projects.
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