Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered at NYU Langone Health in Manhattan, December 14, 2020. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The COVID Scoreboard What a difference three years make. On January 21, 2019, when the first U.S. case of COVID 19 was confirmed, we knew literally... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:37
Dozens of protesters turned out at 250 Broadway, where City Council offices are located. Photo: Abigail Gruskin ‘The Yuck Mobile’ A mock dining shed on wheels stalled briefly in front of City Council members’ offices downtown, at 250 Broadway, in the... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:52
May 2009 photograph by C. Ford Peatross, staircase, former Restaurant Longchamps # 12, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street (Empire State Building), opened 1938. Photo courtesy of C. Ford Peatross Taking Away the Stairway A historic stairway, the last surviving restaurant interior designed by the noted New York artist Winold Reiss, has been... News 15 Nov 2022 | 01:02
The Museum of Broadway on West 45th Street. Photo: Monique Carboni A New Museum of Broadway Debuts in Times Square “It’s about time!” That’s what entrepreneur and two-time Tony Award-winning producer Julie Boardman, co-founder of the newly... City Arts 15 Nov 2022 | 10:53
A fashion tour of Harlem. Photo: Nidal Qannan Brixton Comes to Harlem They are legendary neighborhoods, an ocean apart, yet connected by parallel histories and similar challenges. Both are predominantly... News 15 May 2022 | 09:36
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing “Paquita.” Photo by Marcello Orselli. Dancers Dancing Many of us have learned over the past months that art is a form of self-care. Emotional and intellectual vistas are opened,... Home 04 Dec 2020 | 04:25
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a phased reopening plan for the city’s public schools at City Hall on Sunday, November 29, 2020. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. A Second Chance for Schools After a week of sharp criticism, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday announced a phased re-opening plan for the city’s public... News 30 Nov 2020 | 10:40
A rendering of what the second proposal would look like in the existing spot. Photo: George M. James. Pushback on Lenox Hill’s Revised Expansion Plans Northwell Health’s revised expansion proposal for their Lenox Hill hospital has been met with unanimous disapproval by civic... News 29 Nov 2020 | 10:45
Kristina Libby with a floral heart in Bryant Park. Photo: Noel Calingasan Allowing Grief to Blossom While earning her master’s degree, Kristina Libby had studied incidents of mass trauma and how they impacted communities.... News 29 Nov 2020 | 10:16
The world’s largest Hanukkah menorah is raised by a crane in New York City on Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Photo: Itzik Roytman / Chabad.org via Flickr Hanukkah’s Gift: Eight Nights That Make us One Hanukkah is early on this year’s Jewish calendar, but it can not come fast enough. At a time that Jews are dangerously divided,... Voices 25 Nov 2020 | 02:10
“Doors for Doris,” Sam Moyer, 2020, Bluestone, poured concrete, assorted marble, and steel. Presented by Public Art Fund at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, September 16, 2020—September 12, 2021. Courtesy Sam Moyer Studio and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: Nicholas Knight, Courtesy Public Art Fund, NY Walk With Women Artists Last year, museums, galleries, universities and arts centers around the country announced that 2020 would be a year to celebrate... City Arts 20 Nov 2020 | 03:42
Dr. Ronald Tamler. Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System Telehealth: How to Get the Most Out of Your Virtual Doctor Visit Back in the spring, when physician offices were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual doctor visits took off.... News 19 Nov 2020 | 12:01
Emma Savonije and Lily Leshanski. Photo: Lily and Emma Spreading the Wildlife Word Imagine learning about wildlife from two teenagers on a pandemic day on the third floor community terrace of an urban apartment... Voices 17 Nov 2020 | 03:47
View of the city. Photo: Noel Calingasan His Pictures are Worth Over a Hundred Thousand Followers When Noel Calingasan moved to New York from the Philippines, he wanted to share his experiences here with his family and... News 05 Oct 2020 | 09:07
Ellen Cornfield (top row, second from left) on Zoom with dancers. Photo courtesy of Ellen Cornfield A Day in the Life of a NY Choreographer I recall interviewing Merce Cunningham when the legendary choreographer was in his very late years. He was mastering the... City Arts 16 Sep 2020 | 10:14
