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[BOOKS] Nonstop Metropolis: Stunning Collection of Original New York City Maps

2025-03-11T12:00:00-04:00

Author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit authored an interesting book titled Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas that includes a stunning collection of unique and original New York City maps that speak more to locals than tourists.

Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts—from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists—amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.

Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas is available for purchase on Amazon.

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[BOOKS] Nonstop Metropolis, a Stunning Collection of Original New York City Maps

2023-07-26T12:00:00-04:00

Author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit recently released her 15th book titled Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas a stunning collection of unique and original New York City maps that speak more to locals than tourists.

Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts—from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists—amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.

Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas is available for purchase on Amazon.

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[WATCH] Afrofuturism: A Carnegie Hall Citywide Festival

2022-01-19T16:00:00-05:00

Take a journey to the world of Afrofuturism—an ever-expansive aesthetic and practice—where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures. Immerse yourself in Afrofuturism, Carnegie Hall’s 2022 citywide festival.

Across New York City, leading cultural organizations present multidisciplinary programming that touches African and African diasporic philosophies, speculative fiction, mythology, comics, quantum physics, cosmology, technology, and more. A diverse range of online offerings also includes film screenings, exhibitions, and talks with some of the leading thinkers and creatives in this multitiered experience.

Carnegie Hall’s mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.

Check out Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism to learn more.

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[BOOKS] Check Out Nonstop Metropolis, a Stunning Collection of Original New York City Maps

2020-08-20T16:00:00-04:00

Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts—from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists—amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.

Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas is available for purchase on Amazon.

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[VIDEO] Check Out What's New and Exciting in New York City for 2020

2019-11-05T12:00:00-05:00

In this short video from our friends at NYCGO, take a peek at what's new and trending in New York City for the upcoming year.

Hundreds of neighborhoods, five extraordinary boroughs, one city that’s always trending.

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"International Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train" Book Explores Queens' Subway Ridership

2019-09-23T12:00:00-04:00

International Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train is an interesting book from authors and urban sociologists Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum that explores how Queens, the most diverse area in the country, is reflected through the riders of the 7 train that passes through it.

Nicknamed the International Express, the New York City Transit Authority 7 subway line runs through a highly diverse series of ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods in Queens. People from Andean South America, Central America, China, India, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, and Vietnam, as well as residents of a number of gentrifying blue-collar and industrial neighborhoods, fill the busy streets around the stations. The 7 train is a microcosm of a specifically urban, New York experience, in which individuals from a variety of cultures and social classes are forced to interact and get along with one another. For newcomers to the city, mastery of life in the subway space is a step toward assimilation into their new home.

International Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train is available for purchase in ebook and hardcover on Amazon.

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[VIDEO] Here's Where You Can Find Authentic Greek Food in Astoria, Queens

2019-07-14T17:00:00-04:00

Astoria, Queens, is known as the go-to neighborhood for greek food in New York City. But how do you find the best, most authentic Greek food when there? In this video from Zagat, watch as chef Michael Psilakis takes you on a tour of the best spots in Astoria.

When it comes to food and culture, Chef Michael Psilakis of Astoria's MP Taverna knows the best places to find a taste of the Mediterranean. Join him as he takes us on a food tour of his Astoria neighborhood. Tune in next Friday for a new episode of Food Neighborhoods.

Here are the spots visited in this video:

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Here's How "Selfie Culture" Took Over the World, According to New Yorkers

2019-06-08T17:00:00-04:00

Selfie culture is more popular than ever but recently the trend has become dangerous -- with people pushing boundaries to get the perfect shot for their personal brand has lead to deaths. We hit the streets of NYC to ask how far they are willing to go for their personal brand.

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Learn All About Tomorrow's National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan

2018-06-09T11:00:00-04:00

Puerto Rican heritage is going to be celebrated in the best way possible: A giant #parade (featuring more than 80,000 Boricuas) will be making its way down Fifth Avenue. Parade starts at 11 am on June 10.

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This New York City Photographer Is Investigating the Historic Origins of the "Dap"

2018-02-05T15:00:00-05:00

The Dap handshake is much more than a handshake and has a history dating back to the Vietnam War. After doing extensive research on the Dap, New York City-based photographer and visual artist LaMont Hamilton created a visual project called Five on the Black Hand Side which explores and celebrates the handshake in black culture. Check it out in this video from Great Big Story.

The dap is more than just a handshake, it’s a symbol of solidarity, one with a long and proud history behind it. The origins of this greeting trace back to young Black American soldiers stationed abroad during the Vietnam War. With racism prevalent in the military and a new Black consciousness emerging during the civil rights movement, the young soldiers developed a physical language as a gesture of unity. Thus was born the dap, an acronym for “Dignity and Pride.” Photographer LaMont Hamilton has been studying the historical impact of the dap in his series “Five on the Black Hand Side,” telling the story of how the handshake came to hold such a profound place in Black culture.

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