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Watch Where You’re Walking! Don’t Miss Lower Manhattan’s Famous Sidewalk Clock

Watch Where You’re Walking! Don’t Miss Lower Manhattan’s Famous Sidewalk Clock

What time is it? Time to look down into the sidewalk and into a unique piece of Lower Manhattan’s history. Visitors to the corner of Broadway...

Lower Manhattan’s Lamp Posts Are About to Get Real Fancy

Lower Manhattan’s Lamp Posts Are About to Get Real Fancy

This fall, the public-artspace nonprofit ArtBridge is turning 65 lamp posts in Lower Manhattan into temporary art installations with an exhibition...

Close Out Summer With A Powerful Dance Series On Governors Island

Close Out Summer With A Powerful Dance Series On Governors Island

The air is cooling off, the sun is setting earlier, school supplies are getting snatched up at Target — summer is for sure starting to wind down....

Spend A Lazy Summer Day In A Hammock On Governors Island

Spend A Lazy Summer Day In A Hammock On Governors Island

We’ve entered the dog days of summer, those characterized by hot weather, muggy air and a general distaste for any sort of movement whatsoever....

A Walkable Guide on Public Art

A Walkable Guide on Public Art

The walkable square mile south of Chambers Street is, in fact, a grand, open-air museum, with dozens of permanent and temporary installations of...

An Artist’s Perspective On Life’s Future In A Post-Pandemic World

An Artist’s Perspective On Life’s Future In A Post-Pandemic World

Walking through the corridors of The Oculus almost feels like exploring a modern art museum: the bright, spacious halls guide you around in a way...

Art On The Ave NYC Seeks Applicants For Fall Lower Manhattan Exhibit

Art On The Ave NYC Seeks Applicants For Fall Lower Manhattan Exhibit

Storefront art exhibits have been gaining traction around Manhattan for good reason: They beautify the streets, expose locals and visitors alike to...

MvVO’s Ad Art Show Is Taking Over The Oculus For The Month Of May

MvVO’s Ad Art Show Is Taking Over The Oculus For The Month Of May

When the MvVo Ad Art Show launched in 2018, its main goals were to amplify creative voices working in advertising and marketing industries, as well...

Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Is Now Open For Your Springtime Outdoor Enjoyment

Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Is Now Open For Your Springtime Outdoor Enjoyment

The sun is (mostly) shining, the birds are chirping and the great outdoors are begging you to put your laptop away and take in the now-sprouting...

Celebrate The Return Of Rooftop Season With A Mini-Lawn At Pier 17

Celebrate The Return Of Rooftop Season With A Mini-Lawn At Pier 17

At last, it’s the best time in New York — rooftop season. Drinks, sunsets and stellar views of the city are on the horizon.To celebrate, Pier 17...

Governors Island To Bring Back Glamping, Exhibitions and The Jazz Age Lawn Party

Governors Island To Bring Back Glamping, Exhibitions and The Jazz Age Lawn Party

Some spring reopening news we can get behind: Mayor de Blasio announced that Governors Island will reopen for visitors starting May 1, and that in...

See Brooklyn Artist Rashid Johnson’s Largest Mural To Date At Brookfield Place

See Brooklyn Artist Rashid Johnson’s Largest Mural To Date At Brookfield Place

Rashid Johnson is a multidisciplinary Brooklyn artist known for incorporating aspects of Black intellectual and cultural identity in his art. In the...