Every year, on the third Monday of January, the United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King often visited New York City, and one of the places connected with…

Let me show you an observation point that New Yorkers visit when they want to avoid touristy neighborhoods and places from travel guides. For me, discovering such unusual spots is…

I always feel a strange ache when I think about a historic building that must have gone through something so dramatic that the only way to save it was to…

If you ask Americans to name someone who embodied the American Dream, many will immediately mention Alexander Hamilton. Born in the Caribbean, he rose to become one of the Founding…

The new global headquarters of JPMorgan Chase has officially been completed in New York City. The project was designed by the British architectural firm Foster + Partners, founded by Sir…

It’s hard to surprise anyone with a bookstore nowadays. But Climax Book Store is an exception. It’s not just a place that sells books — it’s a New York outpost…

The internet proves once again: even iconic places can be “improved”… or at least debated about how to radically relocate them. On Twitter (or rather, X.com), a funny suggestion appeared…

While the whole world is talking about the Louvre heist, it’s worth saying: hold my beer. The robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is still considered the…

It’s amazing when galleries can match classic museums in the quality of their exhibitions and programming. In New York, such spaces are quite common, and one of them is Salon…

New York never ceases to amaze, and this time it’s with a completely unconventional project. Prada has decided to build its own skyscraper on Fifth Avenue! What Is the Prada…