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encounter
Oct. 25, 2023
Crumps’ Illusions
Mike Crumplar, the self-mythologizing Substacker of Dimes Square, is convinced he’s in a Balzac novel.
By
Brock Colyar
rendering judgment
Oct. 24, 2023
The 2024 Streetery Is All About Light and Air
A look at the new renderings from the city.
By
Christopher Bonanos
street view
Oct. 23, 2023
Thomas Heatherwick Thinks Nearly All New Buildings Are Boring
A critique of his critique.
By
Justin Davidson
power
Oct. 23, 2023
All the City People on Our “Inside Power” List
From a co-op whisperer to the longtime ruler of Manhattan parks.
By
The Editors
israel-hamas war
Oct. 20, 2023
Imagining Gaza Without Borders and Without War
Revisiting urban designs by Michael Sorkin and other architects after the 2014 Gaza War.
By
Deen Sharp
photography
Oct. 20, 2023
When New York Started to Wake Up
The photographs in
Metropolitan Melancholia
, made in 2021 and 2022, document a city learning to un-shelter in place.
By
Christopher Bonanos
brick and mortar
Oct. 18, 2023
Where Are All the Legal Weed Shops?
Two years since legalization, you can count the number of actual brick and mortars in the city on two hands.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Oct. 16, 2023
‘We’re Fighting Over Inches’
New York cyclists on their near misses and collisions on the city’s bridges.
As told to
John Surico
brick and mortar
Oct. 13, 2023
Floral Storefront City
When did fake wisteria take over every retail façade in Manhattan?
By
Mia Mercado
times square
Oct. 12, 2023
When 42nd Street Was the ‘Dead Line’ No One Would Cross
How real-estate developers made Times Square out of a sleepy district of horse stables.
As told to
Karrie Jacobs
trash
Oct. 11, 2023
Small-Building Owners Will Soon Join New York City’s War on Trash
Most of the city’s residential buildings will be covered by DSNY’s newest containerization rule.
By
Clio Chang
hamptons
Oct. 10, 2023
This Year’s Unwelcome Guests, According to the East Hampton Police Logs
Pantless men, seagull murders, and Ed Sheeran making too much noise.
By
Gabrielle Bluestone
brick and mortar
Oct. 6, 2023
A Brooklyn Café That Said No More Influencers
Dae, a Carroll Gardens café and home-goods shop, has taken the drastic step of banning photos and videos.
By
Clio Chang
urban fauna
Oct. 4, 2023
How Not to Get Bedbugs From Everyone Returning From Paris Fashion Week
An exterminator recommends heated luggage, bedbug-sniffing dogs, and prayer.
By
Clio Chang
street fights
Oct. 4, 2023
Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade Is Un-Canceled
Thanks to a dog food company.
By
Clio Chang
parks
Oct. 3, 2023
Maybe Manhattan Needed a Beach
The Gansevoort Peninsula is a sweet, sandy little respite.
By
Clio Chang
architecture
Oct. 2, 2023
What Was Trump Tower?
His co-star, his political launch pad, his longest-term companion.
By
Christopher Bonanos
environment
Sept. 29, 2023
Scenes From a Flooded New York
Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion.
By
Curbed Staff
street fights
Sept. 29, 2023
How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel
A fraudster got himself a rent-stabilized lease at the Hell’s Kitchen landmark. Then he tried to take it over.
By
Clio Chang
street view
Sept. 27, 2023
Light-Drenched Offices Fill the Shell of Domino Sugar
A refinery with a dirty past, spotlessly reimagined.
By
Justin Davidson
developing
Sept. 21, 2023
Eric Adams’s Big Housing Plan Is 100 Small Ideas in a Trenchcoat
A lot of them are good. But can he push them through neighborhood resistance?
By
Christopher Bonanos
the eavesdropper
Sept. 21, 2023
Listening In At News Corp
A few hours after the news broke that Rupert Murdoch would be stepping down.
By
Adriane Quinlan
openings
Sept. 20, 2023
Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake’s ‘Golf-Infused’ Midtown Bar
An entire block filled with golf simulators and New York’s largest indoor TV.
By
Clio Chang
street view
Sept. 20, 2023
Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Was in Queens
A museum to a cultural legend emphasizes his unpretentious life at home.
By
Justin Davidson
the rent is too damn high
Sept. 18, 2023
Zombie Renovations Are Coming
Landlords 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
black rock city
Sept. 14, 2023
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
street view
Sept. 13, 2023
Need Housing? Need a Rail Line? Stack Them Up.
Studio V’s proposal for a Borough Park rail cut.
By
Justin Davidson
drag queens
Sept. 12, 2023
The Trashy, Freaky, DIY East Village Scene That Birthed Modern Drag
Where RuPaul, Lady Bunny, and Lypsinka got their start.
By
Hugh Ryan
amenity wars
Sept. 11, 2023
New York City’s 15,000 (and Counting) Private Pools
Over 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
please be advised
Sept. 11, 2023
Ask an Airbnb Host If You Can Rent Their Apartment
With a little convincing, that soon-to-be de-listed garden unit could be yours.
By
Clio Chang
neighborhood news
Sept. 8, 2023
4 Precarious Plots on Fifth Avenue
A construction project has become a nightmare for the neighbors.
By
Kim Velsey
look book
Sept. 7, 2023
The Look Book Goes to the U.S. Open
We chatted with tennisgoers at the American Express Fan Experience tent.
By
Kelsie Schrader
housing
Sept. 5, 2023
Airbnb Hosts Are Feeling Abandoned
As the city prepares to crack down on short-term rentals, the hosts say the company is out of its depth.
By
Molly Osberg
brick and mortar
Sept. 1, 2023
8 Especially Excellent New Shops
The best of the many stores that have popped up around the city lately.
By
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
getting around
Aug. 31, 2023
VanMoofers After the Bankruptcy
Will the Dutch e-bike’s acquisition by a new company be enough to restore riders’ faith?
By
Clio Chang
architecture
Aug. 31, 2023
Inside the City’s Gleaming New Performance Cube
The Perelman Performing Arts Center is a standout at the reconstructed World Trade Center site. Will people come?
By
Justin Davidson
look book
Aug. 31, 2023
The Look Book Goes to East Hampton Library’s Authors Night
More 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
mysteries
Aug. 30, 2023
Atelier Jolie Has Been Defaced
The former Basquiat studio turned Angelina Jolie concept project has been painted pink.
By
Clio Chang
neighborhood news
Aug. 30, 2023
It’s Not a Chess Club. It’s Club Chess.
The game of kings has become an unlikely downtown craze.
By
Bindu Bansinath
getting around
Aug. 30, 2023
‘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
mysteries
Aug. 29, 2023
How Fort Greene Park Got Fenced In
To maintain its grass, my local park was carved up by wooden posts and caution tape.
By
Kim Velsey
climate change
Aug. 28, 2023
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
are u coming?
Aug. 25, 2023
Is There a Serial Killer Stalking the Brooklyn Mirage?
Or maybe this EDM club is just too big and messy.
By
Brock Colyar
urban fauna
Aug. 21, 2023
New York Is Overrun by Rats and Feral Cats
And yet.
By
Clio Chang
mental health
Aug. 21, 2023
A Treatment Program Kept Binzai From Killing Himself, But Now It’s in Peril
A staff and funding shortage threatens the future of a mental-health lifeline for Chinese immigrants.
By
Rong Xiaoqing
loud town
Aug. 18, 2023
Noise Horror Stories From Our Readers
Readers respond to Curbed’s Noise Week.
By
Curbed editors
getting around
Aug. 16, 2023
Why Subway Surfers Find It So Hard to Quit
After four surfing deaths this year, Michael stopped. But so many kids he knows are still chasing the high.
By
Joshua Needelman
long island
Aug. 14, 2023
They Tried to Make a ‘New Hamptons’
The New York
Post
chose the unsuspecting town of Atlantic Beach.
By
Clio Chang
the city
Aug. 14, 2023
The Candy Sellers
The lives and livelihoods of some of the city’s newest migrant children.
By
Jordan Salama
crowd control
Aug. 11, 2023
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
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