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Our piece about our favorite non-fiction NYC books was such a hit, readers submitted their own favorites. Here are the books you told us were not to be missed.
Last week, a reader contacted us wondering what came first in NYC: Riverside Park or the railroad tracks?
In Red Hook, Brooklyn artist Greg Kloehn gives us a tour of the house he's built out of a dumpster, and a preview of his next projects.
There are remnants of the World Trade Center in a parking lot on Rockaway Beach. Two beams in the shape of a cross were donated to the Knights of Columbus in 2004.
Buried in the debate about the East Midtown Rezoning plan is a proposal to turn the underutilized Vanderbilt Avenue into an active pedestrian plaza.
Boro Taxis can be hailed on the street or using a smartphone in NYC. The taxis serve the outer boroughs where yellow taxis are not as frequent.
Civic Virtue, a controversial statue in NYC, has been moved around several times and denied conservation because politicians have found it sexist.
Toronto is seeing a shift. Young professionals and empty nesters are being drawn to downtown. Can it accommodate growth and stay human scaled?
Subway cars, toilets, boats, refrigerators, and tanks have all been sunk to form artificial reefs as an environmentally conscious way to dispose of them.
At the turn of the 20th century, banks and post offices were creating spaces specifically for women in New York City to reflect their new role handling money.