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Christopher Bonanos

City Editor, New York Magazine
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Christopher Bonanos is New York’s city editor. He joined the magazine in 1993 and covers urbanism, transit, and theater, as well as running the magazine’s Reread newsletter and OldNYMag Instagram feed, surfacing the best of its archives. He is also the author of Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Biography of 2018, and Instant: The Story of Polaroid.

  1. getting around
    Someone Broke Moynihan Train Hall’s Skylights — From the OutsideThe indoor scaffolding is just a precaution while the glass is replaced.
  2. getting around
    The Mostly Monochrome OMNY Kiosk Is HereStainless-steel machine delivers (in our extremely unscientific test) stainless performance.
  3. infrastructure watch
    Walling Up the East Side to Save ItWhy the floodgates on the waterfront look the way they do.
  4. developing
    The Flatiron Building’s Luxury-Housing Era Is BeginningLong, pointy, highly desirable apartments.
  5. rendering judgment
    The 2024 Streetery Is All About Light and AirA look at the new renderings from the city.
  6. photography
    When New York Started to Wake UpThe photographs in Metropolitan Melancholia, made in 2021 and 2022, document a city learning to un-shelter in place.
  7. architecture
    What Was Trump Tower?His co-star, his political launch pad, his longest-term companion.
  8. developing
    Eric Adams’s Big Housing Plan Is 100 Small Ideas in a TrenchcoatA lot of them are good. But can he push them through neighborhood resistance?
  9. loud town
    It’s Noise WeekStories about the people who make it, are trying to stop it, and are losing their minds over it.
  10. developing
    An Island of Affordable Housing at the World Trade CenterA third of the tower’s residents will have cheap rent and expensive neighbors.
  11. heat
    On New York’s First 110-Degree Summer Day, What Will Break First?Asphalt like molasses, grounded planes at midday, sun-buckled railroad tracks: a sweat-inducing list.
  12. getting around
    A Makeover for Third AvenueMore bike and bus lanes on the Upper East Side. It’s better!
  13. crime
    The Gilgo Beach Murder Suspect Was a Busy New York ArchitectRex Heuermann’s clients included Cipriani, Target, and Nike.
  14. getting around
    New Subway and Rail Tunnels Are Coming! Eventually.Maybe in 2035. Or later.
  15. rendering judgment
    262 Fifth Is the Skinny di Tutti SkinniesJust 26 apartments in an 860-foot tower.
  16. museums
    Sotheby’s Was the Only Serious Option for the BreuerThe Whitney’s old home has officially been sold.
  17. neighborhood news
    JPMorgan Chase Bets Big on the Revival of MidtownIf you build it, 270 Park says, they will commute.
  18. developing
    Owner of Flatiron Building Buys Flatiron BuildingJeffrey Gural got it on the second try and saved a bunch of money in the process.
  19. open restaurants
    The Permanent-Outdoor-Dining-Shed Bill Is Finally HereBut the design regulations are still up in the air.
  20. urban wildlife
    Pale Male, Fifth Avenue’s Beloved Hawk, Has DiedHe grew famous for nesting on — and then being evicted from and welcomed back to — a window lintel on Fifth Avenue opposite Central Park.
  21. curbed glossary
    The Hurb Is the Pop-Up Package Hub We’re Stuck With (For Now)It eats up precious street space. But unless the city acts, it’s the only way you’re going to get your Amazon socks and coffee filters.
  22. listings
    Miranda Priestly’s House Is for SaleUpper East Side, seven bedrooms and a private basketball court, $27.5 million. That’s all.
  23. bidding wars
    The Flatiron Sale Was a FlopA mystery buyer backed out, and the second-place bidder doesn’t want to pay.
  24. landmarks
    Who Wants to Buy the Flatiron Building?It goes up for auction today. Here’s what you could get for a couple hundred million.
  25. getting around
    The La Guardia AirTrain Is Dead. Now What?It’s a bus lane to the airport for now, and maybe a hard-to-build subway extension in the far, far future.
  26. preservation
    City to Tom Ford: Don’t Move That DoorThe Landmarks Preservation Commission decides his Paul Rudolph–designed house will keep its deep vestibule. Sidewalk urinators can rest easy.
  27. rendering judgment
    Is a Coney Island Casino a Good Idea?Could be a recipe for job growth, could be the next Atlantic City dead zone.
  28. hold please
    Will You Get a 212?They’re finally handing them out again. With a little luck, you could be one of the elite several million.
  29. getting around
    Why It Costs So Much to Build Our SubwaysAn NYU study finds that most of the overspending isn’t where you think it is.
  30. getting around
    Why Is the Floor of the Oculus Already Crumbling?Seven years in, the marble slabs are chipping and flaking. It didn’t have to be this way.
  31. listings
    Joan Didion’s Apartment Is for SaleMissed out on the estate auction? Seven and a half million dollars will get you the whole house.
  32. typography
    U.S. Department of State Cuts Diplomatic Ties With SerifsFor memos, Times New Roman is out, Calibri is in.
  33. rendering judgment
    The Casino–Apartment–Ferris-Wheel–Hotel Proposal for Midtown EastIs Stefan Soloviev’s plan a jackpot or a bust?
  34. artifact
    The MetroCard’s 28 Years As a Blank CanvasAs the clock runs down on this ubiquitous object, a collector walks us through its many variations.
  35. neighborhoods
    Is Everyone Really Moving to Turtle Bay in 2023?If pub grub and postwar buildings are hot, then what is hotness anyway?
  36. from the editors
    One Intersection, 72 Celebrities, 10,912 Clicks of the ShutterThe making of our ‘Reasons to Love New York’ cover.
  37. openings
    The Upper East Side Is Thrilled at Barnes & Noble’s ReturnWhich tells us something about what a neighborhood needs (besides books).
  38. remembrance
    George Lois, the Impossible Ad ManThe madman (but not a Mad Man, he was quick to tell you) behind Maypo, MTV, and Muhammad Ali’s Esquire cover has died at 91.
  39. can it
    New York City: What If We Put Trash Inside Cans?If you want to put out your trash before 8 p.m., we’ve got a bold idea.
  40. goodbyes
    The Gramercy Park Hotel’s Liquidation Sale Was a Real Scene““People were coming out with tears streaming down their faces.”
  41. preservation watch
    60 Wall Street’s Lobby Is Weird and Ridiculous and Deserves to Be SavedThe Landmarks hearing on Tuesday is a make-or-break day.
  42. getting around
    The Era of the Not-Too-Empty, Not-Too-Crowded SubwayIt’s peak comfort. And a huge problem for the MTA.
  43. hot garbage
    The Church Left on the CurbA chance trash-day encounter reveals a 170-year institutional history.
  44. trash city
    It’s Hot Garbage MonthCurbed looks at the curb.
  45. investigations
    Caroline Calloway’s ‘$3,000’ ‘Murano-Glass’ Chandelier Is Probably Neither“Murano”? Maybe no.
  46. books
    Walking the Mall With Alexandra LangeThe architecture critic and Meet Me by the Fountain author sizes up her local food court.
  47. bathrooms
    Outsourcing Public Bathrooms to Starbucks Maybe Wasn’t the Best IdeaWhat Howard Schultz giveth, Howard Schultz may taketh away.
  48. brick and mortar
    Century 21 Lives!Fidi, rejoice.
  49. little ukraine
    ‘The World Was Ukrainian’A stubborn and surprising immigrant enclave, hiding in plain sight on the Lower East Side.
  50. little ukraine
    What the Little Ukraine Neighbors RememberFourteen recollections of hot beeswax, scouting, smuggling, and resurrections.
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