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  1. rendering judgment
    Manhattan’s Future Jail Looks a Lot Like a Corporate HQCubicles you really don’t want to inhabit.
    By Justin Davidson
  2. street view
    Daniel Libeskind Tries His Hand at Affordable HousingThe Atrium, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is a fine proof-of-concept, but does it scale?
    By Justin Davidson
  3. los angeles wildfires
    Rebuilding After FireIt’s not enough to fireproof a single home. How can a community raise its odds of survival?
    By Justin Davidson
  4. the housing crisis
    Life After Floyd BennettAs the former airfield turned emergency shelter empties out, a family of six tries to figure out what’s next.
    By Luis Feliz Leon
  5. look book
    The Look Book Goes to an All-Nighter at The ClockThose lucky enough to get tickets viewed the evening portions of Christian Marclay’s 24-hour time-themed film at the MoMA.
    By Emily Leibert
  6. landmarks
    Carrie Bradshaw’s Stoop Will Get a GateThe Landmarks Preservation Commission granted the Perry Street homeowner’s request for a little buffer against the TikTok hordes.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  7. getting around
    US-LIFESTYLE
    Every Question We Could Think of About Congestion PricingHow to run errands in the zone, find your toll rate, and figure out if you’re eligible for an exemption.
    By Clio Chang
  8. look book
    The Look Book Goes to Cult of Love’s Opening-Night PartyThe play’s cast, creative team, and supporters celebrated at Yard House in Times Square.
    By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
  9. year in review
    Curbed’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024From feral cats to the squatters of Beverly Hills, these are the stories that readers loved most this year.
    By Curbed editors
  10. street fights
    It Ain’t Easy Co-Naming a StreetNaming a block for someone is meant to be an honor. Mostly it’s a mess.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  11. uh oh
    The Rats in the ToiletsA buildingwide nightmare that I can’t put behind me.
    By Jackie Delamatre
  12. brick and mortar
    New York City’s Apple Stores, RankedA highly subjective, but completely correct, guide to Apple’s eclectic retail experiences.
    By Zach Schiffman
  13. neighborhood news
    The World’s Largest Stegosaurus Comes to New York CityThe $44.6 million mega-Stegosaurus has gone on view (if only temporarily) at the American Museum of Natural History.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  14. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the Double Dutch Holiday ClassicSome of the world’s best jumpers gathered at the Apollo Theater for the 33rd annual National Double Dutch League competition.
    By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
  15. street view
    Architecture Is an Act of Vengeance in The BrutalistThe film uses the field as a metaphor within a metaphor about trauma and mediocrity. The result is murk.
    By Justin Davidson
  16. celebrity real estate
    Gigi Hadid Has Terrace RatsShe’s addressing the issue.
    By Clio Chang
  17. historic preservation
    The Slow Death of NeonRockefeller Center is proposing to rip out its glowing glass signage in favor of LEDs. It joins a heap of others.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  18. chapters
    Can Architects Build for Rebuilding?Good planning for the future means thinking about a structure’s long-term flexibility before it goes up.
    By Justin Davidson
  19. living arrangements
    The Domme-Sub Roommates in a Downtown Brooklyn One-BedroomTheir dynamic extends to everything except the rent, which they split equally.
    By Kayla Levy
  20. street view
    The Met’s Contemporary-Art Wing Will Be Elegant and TameA first look at Frida Escobedo’s forthcoming addition.
    By Justin Davidson
  21. brick and mortar
    This Stretch of Atlantic Avenue Can’t Fit Another Tasteful ShopThe block where Toast, East Fork, and Outline opened is getting crowded.
    By Rachel Davies
  22. announcements
    Read Curbed on New York Magazine’s Excellent New AppAlong with easy access to all the other sites, from the Cut to Vulture.
    By Curbed editors
  23. neighborhood report
    Can Life in the Financial District Really Be That Good?Truth in advertising or a conspiracy to make lower Manhattan a “thing.”
    By Clio Chang
  24. look book
    The Look Book Goes to a Literary Launch PartyThe Whitney Review of New Writing, Whitney Mallett’s culture periodical, held a packed party at Frog Club to celebrate its fourth issue.
    By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
  25. street view
    Disney’s New Downtown Headquarters Is All New YorkThere’s nothing goofy about it.
    By Justin Davidson
  26. street fights
    The Year the Cybertruck Took ManhattanAll at once, Elon Musk’s goofy space tanks seemed to be everywhere.
    By Clio Chang
  27. reasons to love new york
    39 Reasons to Love New York Right Now‘SNL’ is 50 and 38 other reasons why.
    By The Editors
  28. infrastructure watch
    Will the BQE Survive the Trump Administration?And other burning questions we asked Meera Joshi, New York City’s infrastructure-funding czar.
    By John Surico
  29. street view
    The History of the Modern Office in One BuildingThe old MetLife complex on Madison Square, once a hive of paper-pushing clerks, gains a tall addition that’s all light and air.
    By Justin Davidson
  30. getting around
    Can We Design Our Way Out of the Subway-Surfing Crisis?New trains make it much harder to climb out and up, and that’s yet another reason to upgrade.
    By Nolan Hicks
  31. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the New York Scottish BallDozens of Scots — and those who love them — gathered in Battery Park for an evening of whiskey and reels in full Highland dress.
    By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
  32. drought watch
    We’re Finally Getting Some Real RainSo is the drought warning over?
    By Clio Chang
  33. mysteries
    The Black Hole on Columbia HeightsAn Italianate mansion mysteriously left to rot on Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights block.
    By Bridget Read
  34. scams
    My Monster TenantHe moved into our Noho loft — then tore out most of the interior walls. Turns out it wasn’t his first impromptu demolition.
    By Suzanne Seggerman
  35. street view
    Cooper Stock 9-year-old killed crossing street
    The Upper West Side’s Zone of Pedestrian DeathThe area around 96th Street is dangerous. And it’s hardly the worst in town.
    By Justin Davidson
  36. 2024 election
    ‘New York City Will Have to Defend a Lot of Programs We Rely On’What housing here might look like under a second Trump administration.
    By Kim Velsey
  37. this is fine
    The brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Friday, November 8.
    Now the Wildfires Are Burning HereThat smell in the air is from brush fires in Prospect Park and the Palisades.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  38. 2024 election
    The Reddening of New York CityHow the boroughs voted may surprise you.
    By Clio Chang
  39. 2024 election
    2024 Presidential Election Night in New York City
    Watching New York Watch the ElectionFrom Trump Tower to a Chelsea art gallery, here’s where the city gathered and waited.
    By Curbed Staff
  40. environment
    What Am I Supposed to Do During This Drought Watch?Your dry-spell questions, answered.
    By Clio Chang
  41. photography
    Concrete Behemoths in the Morning LightOwen Davies’s photographs of beige brutalism find beauty in these divisive landmarks.
    By Christopher Bonanos
    Photographs by Owen Davies
  42. look book
    The Look Book Goes to the Grindr Pleasure BallThe theme was “Flirts, Follies, and Finery,” and a Georgian-era dress code was strictly enforced by hosts Billy Porter and Frankie Sharp.
    By Emily Leibert
  43. cheap furniture
    I Am Already in Couch HellAmazon’s $20 sofa will make it worse.
    By Bridget Read
  44. blight
    Feral Cats Have Taken Over Donald Trump’s Childhood HomeNeighbors say the house looks abandoned, and the yard smells like a litter box.
    By Nick Fraccaro
  45. my first new york
    Mary Norris Eavesdropped on Ella Fitzgerald at the AlgonquinThe grande dame of The New Yorker’s copy desk about her early days in the city and trying to get her cabbie’s license to make rent.
    As told to Clio Chang
  46. look book
    The Look Book Goes to a College FairAt the NYPL’s annual event, local high-schoolers met with representatives from Sarah Lawrence, Barnard, Fordham, and more to explore their options.
    By Emily Leibert
  47. street fights
    The Bed-Stuy Aquarium Dried UpAnd all the fish are dead.
    By Clio Chang
  48. street view
    The Vessel, Newly Closed-In, Is Open AgainSafer, surely, but still as dumb an attraction as ever.
    By Justin Davidson
  49. climate change
    Trying to Get Mom and Dad to Move Out of FloridaThe New Yorkers fighting their retiree parents about leaving hurricane zones behind for good.
    By Will Peischel
  50. getting around
    It’ll Be a Whole New Fifth AvenueMore trees, wider sidewalks, and fewer cars.
    By Christopher Bonanos
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