When New York real estate giants Somerset Partners and Chetrit Group first announced their joint investment in a multi-million dollar South Bronx waterfront development last year, Bronx locals were skeptical of the plan.
With virtual reality, an interactive art installation helps viewers understand the effects of gentrification
As people transition from one gender to another, Community Kinship Life, known as CK Life, provides services and guidance.
The Colombian community is divided on the peace deal, but are hopeful for an improved agreement.
Many local residents are hoping to stop the Museum of Natural History's expansion.
By Daniella Emanuel A woman at the back of a classroom in a special class for seniors on the Upper East Side stood up Thursday and told her classmates what she really thought of the Republican presidential candidate. “I think a lot of the people who are voting for Trump really want to be bullies,” she piped in, after the teacher asked why the students think this election is so close. “He is their bully voice.” Laughter erupted and voices overlapped each other as the teacher tried to retrieve more viewpoints and move the class forward. For almost 13 years, Larry Geneen, a 72-year-old
As more media consumption moves onto the Internet, one Internet radio station has decided to plant its feet in the physical world.
A pop-up shop on Queens Plaza features products only made by local manufacturers.
An area once known for violent crime is now home to a burgeoning art scene
Su Yang sang about the rural life in China, in his first performance outside his country.
By Yuqing Zhu “Baby doll, bat, puppy, watermelon, plane, tree, ice cream truck” a kid at Morningside Park counted lanterns of different shapes passing by, as if watching a cartoon. “Oh, look! A green monster!” More than 100 people carried handmade lanterns as they walked from Morningside Park to Columbia University’s main campus last Saturday, celebrating the fifth annual Morningside Lights. This year, visual performance artists Alex Kahn and his partner Sophia Michahelles taught the local community to make lanterns inspired by 100 years of Pulitzer Prize winning poetry. The lanterns illuminated the park, and the poems written on them could illuminate
