A massive blanket of smoke is currently covering the entire state of New York, including New York City. Video by: @kingy27nyc The Air Quality Index (AQI) has climbed above 201, placing air quality in the “Very Unhealthy” category. Fine particles from wildfire smoke can cause shortness of breath, coughing, dizziness, and fatigue. They can also…
The High Line is a park built on an abandoned freight railway in New York City. What makes it especially fascinating is that it runs 9 meters above the streets of Manhattan. Today, people come here to walk, take photos, and eat ice cream with views of the Hudson River. You can also unexpectedly come…
Central Park in New York City is a green oasis in the middle of the concrete jungle of Manhattan. Here, New Yorkers can catch their breath after a work week, while tourists can relax between visits to museums and landmarks. However, there is also plenty to see within Central Park itself. Every year, it receives…
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is the kind of place that reveals itself differently with every visit and every season. You go once for the cherry blossoms and find yourself returning in October for the maples, in June for the roses, in January for the orchids. It is 52 acres that somehow contain the whole world’s…
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 than it sounds. Most museums specialize — contemporary art, natural history, a single culture or era. The Staten Island Museum does something increasingly rare: it…
Vladimir Badikov kindly sent photographs from today’s walk in the Bronx. They show snow-covered New York — a true delight for any photographer. We had a hard time selecting the best shots from his archive to share with you. 📸 photo credit: Vladimir Badikov on facebook.
It’s starting to feel like we’re putting together a guide to sculpture parks in New York State, which is a great excuse to stretch the geography beyond the star-powered city and into the much quieter state around it. After the epic Storm King and the clever, tongue-in-cheek Turn Park, we want to talk about Omi…
At Dia:Chelsea, through October 25, you can visit the exhibition Duane Linklater: 12 + 2 — a project in which sculpture becomes a language of memory and movement. At the heart of the show are seven large bison sculptures, each presented in a different pose — as if the animals are lying down, rolling, or…
A new architectural marvel has appeared in New York — the Richard Gilder Center opened as part of the American Museum of Natural History. This building is already being called one of the most beautiful in the world: it impresses not only with its form, reminiscent of the organic lines of Gaudí’s architecture, but also…
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world, located in Manhattan, New York City, right next to Central Park. More than 5 million people visit it every year. It’s the very same museum featured in the popular film Night at the Museum. While most of…
