New York City

August 26, 2023

A Family’s Secret Life in a Landmark Building of Manhattan

Family life in Scheffel Hall, a New York City landmark, could get a little complicated. I was 15 the first time it happened. I was staring […]
August 12, 2023

Couples Look Back on Their Weddings During the 2003 Blackout

Couples who married during the widespread power outage reflect on their chaotic but fulfilling wedding days as they approach their 20th anniversaries. It was shortly after […]
July 1, 2023

Paper Magazine: The Oral History of a Downtown Institution

Paper Magazine made its debut in June 1984. The first issue was a foldout poster with a look as minimalist as the publication’s name, matching the […]
July 1, 2023

Paper Magazine: The Oral History of a Downtown Institution

Paper Magazine made its debut in June 1984. The first issue was a foldout poster with a look as minimalist as the publication’s name, matching the […]
June 28, 2023

Does ‘And Just Like That …’ Signal the End of Stealth Wealth?

So does the pop culture and fashion wheel turn. And just like that, stealth wealth, the aesthetic made viral by “Succession,” with its toxic billionaires in […]
June 12, 2023

WW Norton, a Defiant Book Publisher, Throws a 100th Anniversary Party

Rita Dove, Michael Lewis and Richard Powers were among the authors who took part in a crowded, swinging party at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan. As the […]
June 9, 2023

What Steve Martin, Sigourney Weaver and More Wore to Parties in NYC

At the New York Botanical Garden and a colorful gathering at MoMA, attendees showed off flashy pastels and florals. As June ushered in warmer weather in […]
June 8, 2023

New York Nico Celebrates the City’s Colorful Side

More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. Before he was New York Nico […]
April 23, 2023

What Angela Basset Wore to the Opera

The best looks from the premiere of “Champion” at the Metropolitan Opera and the New Museum Spring Gala. This spring, scorching color is all around. At […]
April 21, 2023

South Asian Muslims Herald in Eid al-Fitr With a Night of Communal Revelry

Eliyah Haque, 6, was getting her hands painted with henna in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. Asked what her favorite part of Eid celebrations was, […]