How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
Photo by Amy Cools On the occasion of the month of his birth in 1818 (the exact day is not
To much fanfare earlier this week, Governor Cuomo announced the latest iteration of his plans to overhaul Penn Station by
Labor Day is a New York City-born and bred holiday first celebrated this week on September 5, 1882. Of all
The Cooper Union partnered with the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors present “Windows on the Bowery,” a historic signage project displaying
The East Village has a rich history, and the remnants that still persist from the different immigrant groups who made
All renderings via Misplaced In the photography series Misplaced, interactive designer Anton Repponen takes iconic New York City buildings and
PBS recently broadcast Murder of a President, an episode of American Experience that focuses on James Garfield, the second American
In 1982, artist Christine Osinski moved to Staten Island with her husband after being priced out of Manhattan, something many
The vibrant foot traffic visible on St. Marks Place each night, with the street’s iconic St. Marks Hotel as
No matter which side of the bridge you’re on (YO-OY, as you’ll see below), November in New York
Seven score and fifteen years ago, Abraham Lincoln gave what was then the biggest speech of his career, and he
The Cooper Union Foundation Building at Astor Place stands today amongst modern monoliths, remnants of a day when the elevated
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