New Yorkers gathered in Washington Square Park last night to mark the 17th Transgender Day of Remembrance and memorialize the 25 transgender people murdered in the U.S. so…
Inside Nitehawk’s Revamp Of the Park Slope Pavilion Theater
Fourteen months before the 1929 stock market crash, a 1,516-seat theater struck someone as a good investment. Most of a century later, Park Slope is…
Sifting Through City Reliquary’s ‘NYC Trash!’ Exhibit
One man’s trash is another man’s… museum show? Through April 29, the City Reliquary, in Williamsburg, is hosting an exhibit that serves as a history…
On Women’s Suffrage Centenary, Some Feminists Push For a Constitutional Convention
Yesterday marked 100 years since women won the right to vote in New York State. Activists used the occasion to urge New Yorkers going to…
What Goes Bump in the Subway? Spooky New York Transit Tales
Entropy and much else haunts New York’s rapid transit system, one of the oldest in the world. The subway is fertile grounds for fear: the rats,…
Five Years After Sandy, Marchers Flood LES to Protest Storm Response
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York. Five years later, advocacy groups and residents assembled to voice objections to how elected…
What to See During Friday’s Very Halloweeny Greenpoint Gallery Night
How about one last gallery stroll before the weather turns cold and makes a night on the town a little less enticing? On Friday a host of…
Five Years After Sandy, Artists and Activists Still See ‘A Really Big Problem’
With the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy happening this Sunday, artists and activists are preparing for the “Sandy 5,” a rally to urge New York’s elected…
5 Pointz Artists Go to Court With Building Owner Who Demolished Street Art Mecca
The 5 Pointz building was a world-famous haven for spray-paint artists, until it was whitewashed in 2013 and then torn down to make way for luxury apartments.…
While Urbanists Imagine NYC’s Retreat From the Coast, It’s Already Happening
There were shocked murmurs at this year’s Municipal Art Society Summit when the crowd was shown a visualization of the Rockaways after the ecological displacement…