A Queer, Sultry Summer: Where Sylvia Plath Lived, Worked, and Cracked Open in New York City
Follow the literary pilgrim route through Sylvia Plath’s New York: the Barbizon Hotel where she threw her wardrobe off the roof, the Mademoiselle offices at 575 Madison Avenue, and the summer of 1953 that became The Bell Jar.
The NYC Film Festival Pilgrimage Guide: A Season-by-Season Roadmap for the Serious Cinephile
New York has the most concentrated and consequential film festival calendar in America. From New Directors/New Films in April through the New York Film Festival in October, here is your season-by-season pilgrim’s roadmap.
The Smallest Piece of Private Property in New York City Has Been Quietly Scolding the City Since 1922
A 500-square-inch mosaic, embedded in a West Village sidewalk for over a hundred years, is technically private property. The story behind the Hess Triangle – the most New York real estate dispute ever recorded.
The Quietest Free Museum in Lower Manhattan Sits Inside a Beaux-Arts Building Most New Yorkers Walk Right Past
Cass Gilbert built it. Daniel Chester French sculpted the giant women out front. The Smithsonian quietly moved in. A walking guide to the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at 1 Bowling Green – and the free museum hiding in its rotunda.
A walking tour of Ghostbusters in New York City — the addresses, the trains, and the etiquette of standing where it happened
A walking guide to five Ghostbusters (1984) NYC filming locations — Hook & Ladder 8 in Tribeca, Columbia’s Low Library steps, the NYPL on Fifth Avenue, 55 Central Park West, and Tavern on the Green — with verified addresses, transit, and photo etiquette for cinephile pilgrims.
L Train Vintage: Inside Brooklyn’s Family-Owned Thrift Empire (All 11 Locations, Ranked)
L Train Vintage has been the backbone of affordable NYC thrifting since 1999. Here’s a guide to all eleven Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Bronx locations — and how to actually shop them.
Apotheke at 9 Doyers: The Chinatown Speakeasy Hiding on NYC’s Strangest Block
Behind one unmarked door on Chinatown’s notorious Doyers Street sits Apotheke — a 19th-century-style apothecary serving award-winning cocktails on the prettiest block in Lower Manhattan.
The No-Cover Piano Bar on the Upper East Side Where the Staff Is the Show
Since 1979, Brandy’s Piano Bar on East 84th Street has been the Upper East Side’s best-kept secret: no cover, Broadway-caliber performers behind the bar, and a room full of strangers who end up singing together until midnight.
280,000 Pounds of Earth in a SoHo Loft: The Hidden Art Installation That’s Been Here Since 1977
On the second floor of a SoHo building on Wooster Street, 280,000 pounds of earth have been sitting in a loft since 1977. The New York Earth Room by Walter De Maria is one of NYC’s most extraordinary hidden experiences — free, quiet, and hiding in plain sight.
A Mother’s Day Literary Pilgrimage Through New York: Walking the Addresses of the Women Who Wrote the City
A Sunday Mother’s Day pilgrimage through the New York addresses of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Djuna Barnes, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Marianne Moore, and Toni Morrison.