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Manhattan
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Rent Plummets In NYC
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the global real estate market, with buying, selling and leasing trends going up and…
2021-03-04
The Spice Island Swapped For Manhattan
Manhattan, in what is now modern-day New York, was a swampy piece of land when the Dutch swapped…
2017-11-27
A (Look) Hear Back On Manhattan 400 Years Ago, VR Style
A new virtual reality project reconstructs the city’s historic soundscape. You’re standing on the High Line. The walkways…
2017-05-11
40 Years Of Changing Horizons Of Manhattan & The World Trade Center
In WTC, Brian Rose’s photographs explore presence, absence, and a constantly changing city. The World Trade Center’s towers…
2016-05-13
Amazing Strolls From Manhattan To Jersey City And Back
Manhattan isn’t far from Jersey City as the crow flies, but because of the Hudson River, moving from…
2016-01-19
Mapping The Age Of Every Building In Manhattan
A tool called Urban Layers tracks Manhattan’s rise, block by block, since 1765. The Harlem Renaissance was the…
2015-05-16
Throwback Thursday : Forgotten Plans For NYC Worth Looking Into
New Yorkers can be thankful that some of the “great ideas” of past visionaries never made it into…
2015-04-16