New York is a fascinating city to look at from above. You can buy a $23 ticket to the Museum of the City of New York, where a miniature New…

The Staten Island Museum is officially the oldest cultural institution on the island, and the only remaining general-interest museum in all of New York City. That last distinction matters more…

Tucked into 731 Washington Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Kvartira Books (formerly known as MyBiblioteka) is a bookstore, a library, a community center, a cultural anchor and a classroom. What…

Joe Macken is a 63-year-old truck driver from Queens. In 2004 he moved from New York City to the suburbs and, missing his daily contact with the city, began recreating…

Recently in New York, I came across unusual signs reading “E-commerce Exchange Zone.” It turns out that back in 2023, the New York City Police Department launched an initiative to…

Vessel is a unique architectural structure in New York City, created by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. Its shape resembles a honeycomb or an inverted cone, making it one of the…

Author Petr Sedlecky

In New York City, you can easily spend several hundred dollars on cultural entertainment, and even a family museum visit can add up to a hefty sum. But the city…

There are around 200 museums and about a thousand art galleries in New York — but only one (!) is fully dedicated to digital art. bitforms gallery is the oldest…