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Skill Plus Inspiration: Wylie Dufresne Offers His Recipe for Becoming a Chef

Skill Plus Inspiration: Wylie Dufresne Offers His Recipe for Becoming a Chef

"That’s the wonderful thing about cooking is that it’s a never-ending opportunity for education."

By Wylie Dufresne | August 4, 2023

J. Vanessa Lyon on Finding Inspiration in the Photography of James Van Der Zee

J. Vanessa Lyon on Finding Inspiration in the Photography of James Van Der Zee

"A good photograph, like a good novel, represents a series of artistic choices."

By J. Vanessa Lyon | August 2, 2023

Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

“Even if you didn’t think you could do something, he believed you could, and then you did.”

By Ann Magnuson | July 20, 2023

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

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By Dwyer Murphy | July 19, 2023

How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification

How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification

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By Jesse Rifkin | July 13, 2023

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

“What else to do with an excess of feelings but give yourself room to grow?”

By Natalie Beach | June 29, 2023

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Where Artists Became Rockstars: Brett Sokol on Stephen Aiken’s 1970s NYC

By Brett Sokol | June 21, 2023

Paul Moses on the True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia

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”The interior was so fully realized and so maximized for pothead goofing off that I didn’t want to leave.”

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Ruminations on Love, Loss, and Art in Manhattan’s Unlikely Oasis of Peace

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How Community Organizers and Business Leaders Came Together to Improve Bedford-Stuyvesant

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“Let’s tear down these monstrous warehouses of human misery.”

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Ghostly Survivals: Michael Kimmelman and Lucy Sante on a Shapeshifting City

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