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July 2022

Art, Fashion and Your Favorite Juice Shop Head to Westfield World Trade Center

Exciting things are happening over at the Westfield World Trade Center, and we don't just mean strong central air-conditioning (although that's a plus these days). Here are three new art-and-design haunts that just opened at the Oculus … plus one...

Art, Fashion and Your Favorite Juice Shop Head to Westfield World Trade Center

Art, Fashion and Your Favorite Juice Shop Head to Westfield World Trade Center

Exciting things are happening over at the Westfield World Trade Center, and we don't just mean strong central air-conditioning (although that's a...

Junior’s Cheesecake Makes Pit-Stop at Smorgasburg WTC

Junior’s Cheesecake Makes Pit-Stop at Smorgasburg WTC

New York’s leading cheesecake-maker is coming through Smorgasburg WTC on Friday, July 29: Alongside the outdoor food market's 20-some-odd vendors,...

Walking Tour Invites You to View Lower Manhattan “Through a Jewish Lens”

Walking Tour Invites You to View Lower Manhattan “Through a Jewish Lens”

Jews are often left out of the New Amsterdam narrative, but they were an important part of building colonial New York. To explore that history, the...

Get to Know the Man With the Shears at Mike’s Barber Shop

Get to Know the Man With the Shears at Mike’s Barber Shop

Mike’s Barber Shop (29 John Street) is the kind of welcoming, nondescript spot that Lower Manhattan commuters depend upon to keep those sideburns...

You Gotta Try the Breakfast Sandwich at Ryan Maguire’s

You Gotta Try the Breakfast Sandwich at Ryan Maguire’s

A good breakfast sandwich is the key to a good (or at least decent) morning, and the selection in this neighborhood is blessedly plentiful. But for...

Five New-ish and Notable Shops to Check Out at Brookfield Place

Five New-ish and Notable Shops to Check Out at Brookfield Place

A shopping mall provides one of summer’s best, no-cost reliefs from the heat: free air conditioning. Of course in New York City, we don’t have...

Join Rocco DiSpirito for a New Episode of Dine Around Downtown: Cooking at Home Edition

Join Rocco DiSpirito for a New Episode of Dine Around Downtown: Cooking at Home Edition

After a brief hiatus from the virtual world and a smashing IRL success at Fosun Plaza, Dine Around Downtown returns to the web next month with its...

Step Inside the Queer Rodeo Scene With Luke Gilford’s First NYC Exhibit

Step Inside the Queer Rodeo Scene With Luke Gilford’s First NYC Exhibit

Luke Gilford was raised around the rodeo, but he didn’t see himself in the traditionally conservative world until he learned about the...

Time to Pick Up a Case of Vino at the Corkery

Time to Pick Up a Case of Vino at the Corkery

No time like the present to drink a glass or seventeen of a vintage red or crisp white, and one fabulous wine and liquor shop at 15 Bridge Street —...

MORE Outdoor Movies: Oculus Plaza Unveils Its Summer Lineup

MORE Outdoor Movies: Oculus Plaza Unveils Its Summer Lineup

For film buffs who believe our breezy outdoor screenings at Fosun Plaza and this month’s amazing Technicolor noir package on Criterion aren’t...

Sushi & Co. — the Perfectly Low-Key Lunch Spot for Two

Sushi & Co. — the Perfectly Low-Key Lunch Spot for Two

An underappreciated form of lunch is the lunch date. An even more underappreciated form is the lunch date where you can dine on forbidden food like...

Art Is All Around Campaign Highlights Public Art in Lower Manhattan

Art Is All Around Campaign Highlights Public Art in Lower Manhattan

New York City is home to some of the most impressive art museums in the world, with everything on view from ancient Egyptian temples to Renaissance...