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  1. parks
    Maybe Manhattan Needed a BeachThe Gansevoort Peninsula is a sweet, sandy little respite.
    By Clio Chang
  2. architecture
    What Was Trump Tower?His co-star, his political launch pad, his longest-term companion.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  3. environment
    Scenes From a Flooded New York Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion.
    By Curbed Staff
  4. street fights
    How to Fake-Own the New Yorker HotelA fraudster got himself a rent-stabilized lease at the Hell’s Kitchen landmark. Then he tried to take it over.
    By Clio Chang
  5. street fights
    A $50,000 Permit May Have Killed the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog ParadeBut there may still be hope for your bichon frise dressed as Oppenheimer.
    By Clio Chang
  6. street view
    Light-Drenched Offices Fill the Shell of Domino SugarA refinery with a dirty past, spotlessly reimagined.
    By Justin Davidson
  7. 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?
    By Christopher Bonanos
  8. the eavesdropper
    Listening In At News CorpA few hours after the news broke that Rupert Murdoch would be stepping down.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  9. openings
    Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake’s ‘Golf-Infused’ Midtown BarAn entire block filled with golf simulators and New York’s largest indoor TV.
    By Clio Chang
  10. street view
    Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Was in QueensA museum to a cultural legend emphasizes his unpretentious life at home.
    By Justin Davidson
  11. the rent is too damn high
    Zombie Renovations Are ComingLandlords are claiming that work completed decades ago is grounds to take a building out of rent regulation. What’s a tenant supposed to do?
    By Clio Chang
  12. black rock city
    A Brief Oral History of a Muddy Burning Man“We were teasing this camp of furries next to us all week long. Turns out they saved our lives.”
    As told to Anya Kamenetz
  13. street view
    Need Housing? Need a Rail Line? Stack Them Up.Studio V’s proposal for a Borough Park rail cut.
    By Justin Davidson
  14. drag queens
    The Trashy, Freaky, DIY East Village Scene That Birthed Modern DragWhere RuPaul, Lady Bunny, and Lypsinka got their start.
    By Hugh Ryan
  15. amenity wars
    New York City’s 15,000 (and Counting) Private PoolsOver the past 50 years, developers have been on a pool-construction spree while the city has built just a handful.
    By Nicolas Kemper and A.L. Hu
  16. please be advised
    Ask an Airbnb Host If You Can Rent Their ApartmentWith a little convincing, that soon-to-be de-listed garden unit could be yours.
    By Clio Chang
  17. neighborhood news
    4 Precarious Plots on Fifth AvenueA construction project has become a nightmare for the neighbors.
    By Kim Velsey
  18. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the U.S. OpenWe chatted with tennisgoers at the American Express Fan Experience tent.
    By Kelsie Schrader
  19. housing
    Airbnb Hosts Are Feeling AbandonedAs the city prepares to crack down on short-term rentals, the hosts say the company is out of its depth.
    By Molly Osberg
  20. brick and mortar
    8 Especially Excellent New ShopsThe best of the many stores that have popped up around the city lately.
    By Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  21. getting around
    VanMoofers After the BankruptcyWill the Dutch e-bike’s acquisition by a new company be enough to restore riders’ faith?
    By Clio Chang
  22. architecture
    Inside the City’s Gleaming New Performance CubeThe Perelman Performing Arts Center is a standout at the reconstructed World Trade Center site. Will people come?
    By Justin Davidson
  23. look book
    The Look Book Goes to East Hampton Library’s Authors NightMore than 2,000 people showed up at the annual fundraiser to meet everyone from Misty Copeland to Robert Caro.
    By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  24. mysteries
    Atelier Jolie Has Been DefacedThe former Basquiat studio turned Angelina Jolie concept project has been painted pink.
    By Clio Chang
  25. neighborhood news
    It’s Not a Chess Club. It’s Club Chess.The game of kings has become an unlikely downtown craze.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  26. getting around
    ‘Just Befriend the Doorman and Don’t Arouse Suspicion’E-bike riders are sneaking past their buildings’ bans with flattery (and sometimes deception).
    By Clio Chang
  27. mysteries
    How Fort Greene Park Got Fenced InTo maintain its grass, my local park was carved up by wooden posts and caution tape.
    By Kim Velsey
  28. climate change
    What If Wind Turbines Got a Makeover?From Western New York to Ocean City, New Jersey, fights against wind farms often begin with how they look.
    By Chris Stanton
  29. are u coming?
    Is There a Serial Killer Stalking the Brooklyn Mirage?Or maybe this EDM club is just too big and messy.
    By Brock Colyar
  30. urban fauna
    New York Is Overrun by Rats and Feral CatsAnd yet.
    By Clio Chang
  31. mental health
    A Treatment Program Kept Binzai From Killing Himself, But Now It’s in PerilA staff and funding shortage threatens the future of a mental-health lifeline for Chinese immigrants.
    By Rong Xiaoqing
  32. loud town
    Noise Horror Stories From Our ReadersReaders respond to Curbed’s Noise Week.
    By Curbed editors
  33. getting around
    Why Subway Surfers Find It So Hard to QuitAfter four surfing deaths this year, Michael stopped. But so many kids he knows are still chasing the high.
    By Joshua Needelman
  34. long island
    They Tried to Make a ‘New Hamptons’The New York Post chose the unsuspecting town of Atlantic Beach.
    By Clio Chang
  35. the city
    The Candy SellersThe lives and livelihoods of some of the city’s newest migrant children.
    By Jordan Salama
  36. crowd control
    Vlogging and Rapping Through the Kai Cenat Giveaway in Union Square“I already knew it was going to be chaos because his fan group is just too strong.”
    As told to Kelsey Weekman
  37. loud town
    Redesigning the SirenWhat if the piercing sound of emergency vehicles was replaced by something else altogether?
    By Yessenia Funes
  38. loud town
    A Woman Screaming Blood of Christ and 5 a.m. ConstructionSix noise horror stories.
    As told to Laura Thompson
  39. loud town
    The Noise Next DoorTyquan Pleasant knocked on his neighbor’s door to ask her to stop the ear-shattering music and banging. Shaun Pyles heard a threat.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  40. cityscape
    What’s That New Glass Building Attached to the Old Met Life Tower?One Madison Avenue will house offices for IBM and a Daniel Boulud steakhouse.
    By Audrey Wachs
  41. loud town
    Arline Bronzaft Will Talk to Your Noisy Neighbor“I deal with sex. I deal with crime. It goes beyond noise.”
    By Clio Chang
  42. who’s selling
    Rudy Giuliani Is Selling His Upper East Side Co-opThe corner three-bedroom has lots of original details if a buyer can get past the fact that it was once raided by the FBI.
    By Clio Chang
  43. neighborhood news
    Voguing Through the Pain at O’Shae Sibley’s MemorialHundreds gathered at the vigil for the dancer, whose killing has been charged as a hate crime.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  44. loud town
    Barely Surviving the Sounds of New York CityHyperacusis is a rare medical condition that can make ordinary noises painful. Rarer still — having it and living in Manhattan.
    By Clio Chang
  45. long island
    A Basement Housing Bill Killed by ConspiracistsHuntington seemed poised to legalize ADUs. Then things got weird.
    By Molly Osberg
  46. architecture
    The Last Painted Doors of RidgewoodFaux wood graining is an architectural quirk of the neighborhood. And a dying trade.
    By Clio Chang
  47. furniture
    The Most Instagrammed Bench in BrooklynDumbo’s highly photogenic intersection at Water and Washington gets seating designed by Bjarke Ingels.
    By Clio Chang
  48. street view
    The Two Newest Luxury Towers Are a MoodCharcoal and bronze dominate at Brooklyn’s tallest building and Adjaye’s latest.
    By Justin Davidson
  49. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the Blade Aqua LoungePassengers were on their way to the Hamptons, via helicopter and seaplane, for a long weekend.
    By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  50. right to shelter
    ‘We Can’t Sleep Because of the Worry’Overnight at the Roosevelt Hotel, where hundreds of migrants are still waiting for somewhere to go.
    By Luis Feliz Leon
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