25 stories tagged new-york-city, newest first.
5 points by NaOH | 0 comments
A 2010 Edible Geography interview with Alan Stillman about founding T.G.I. Friday's in 1965 as the first singles bar and its growth into a restaurant chain.
45 points by hoffmannesque | 4 comments
Engelsberg Ideas essay on James Wall Finn, a little-known decorative painter whose murals adorn Gilded Age Manhattan interiors like the NYPL Rose Main Reading Room.
4 points by healsdata | 0 comments
West Side Rag local news article reporting that the owner of a former Upper West Side barbecue restaurant was indicted for wage theft by the Manhattan DA.
50 points by bookofjoe | 23 comments
New York Times article about how New York City's more than one million street signs are made in the city's sign shop.
47 points by 1659447091 | 55 comments
CNN news article reporting that New York City's horse-drawn carriages are expected to be phased out under a planned ban.
555 points by gregsadetsky | 279 comments
Official NYC government page announcing its "Click to Cancel" rule is in effect and letting residents file complaints against businesses that make cancelling subscriptions hard.
69 points by willmeyers | 13 comments
Blog post arguing New York City should measure new candidate trees, since its tallest carefully measured tree, the Queens Giant, was last measured in 2004.
11 points by downbad_ | 0 comments
New York Daily News article reporting a poll finding Zohran Mamdani is the most popular elected official in New York City.
353 points by jcalx | 80 comments
The Restroom Archive is a catalog of 3D-scanned public restrooms and toilets, mostly in NYC bars and restaurants, browsable by list, grid, or map.
324 points by dcminter | 51 comments
Marcin Wichary's long illustrated essay (6,100 words, 600 photos) about a ubiquitous engraving font seen throughout Manhattan.
531 points by gnabgib | 231 comments
PetaPixel article on NYC Mayor Mamdani's push to require landlords and realtors to disclose AI-generated or AI-altered images in property listings.
583 points by randycupertino | 295 comments
Guardian article reporting New York City will become the first US city to ban deceptive subscription practices and junk fees under a rule from the Mamdani administration.
379 points by 1659447091 | 64 comments
Smithsonian article about a truck driver who spent 20 years building a 1,350-square-foot scale model of every building in New York City, now on museum display.
1203 points by cannoneyed | 220 comments
An interactive map viewer showing a giant isometric pixel art rendering of New York City, generated with Nano Banana and built using AI coding agents.
360 points by Brajeshwar | 350 comments
Yale Environment 360 digest item reporting that New York City's congestion pricing program has led to a marked drop in air pollution.
541 points by jsheard | 572 comments
NBC News report projecting Zohran Mamdani as the winner of the 2025 New York City mayoral race, making him the youngest NYC mayor in a century.
531 points by achristmascarl | 500 comments
CNBC article reporting that Waymo received its first permit from NYC's Department of Transportation to test autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn with trained specialists.
520 points by Kortaggio | 101 comments
A search tool that lets users find text appearing on New York City streets, extracted via OCR from street-view imagery.
412 points by Vinnl | 611 comments
New York Times Upshot interactive article examining what has changed in New York City traffic, travel times, and noise since congestion pricing began.
711 points by robinhouston | 104 comments
Marcin Wichary's long illustrated essay (6,100 words, 600 photos) about a ubiquitous font seen across Manhattan.
382 points by gnabgib | 161 comments
PCMag article about artist Morry Kolman's Traffic Cam Photobooth site for taking selfies via NYC traffic cameras, and the city's cease-and-desist response.
339 points by jaredwiener | 659 comments
New York Times article reporting the MTA board's approval of a $15 congestion pricing toll for driving into Manhattan, which still faces five lawsuits.
332 points by rntn | 512 comments
CNN Business article reporting that New York City will charge drivers a congestion fee for entering downtown Manhattan.
561 points by raybb | 531 comments
Hell Gate article investigating why airport food like a $15 turkey sandwich is so expensive in NYC, after the Port Authority withheld pricing records.
363 points by heavyset_go | 313 comments
Daily Dot article reporting that the NYPD is not complying with New York City's POST Act surveillance technology disclosure law, per the inspector general.