The crime drama series Eric on Netflix, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, so accurately recreates 1980s New York City that even we seasoned film locations columnists here at Untapped New York wondered at ...
From 1980 onwards, Ron Weideman transformed his nightshift taxi into a rolling portrait gallery, photographing an extraordinary cross-section of New York City life during a pivotal era of cultural ...
NEW YORK (AP) – A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as “the ghost” has been arrested along with ...
"Somewhere in this city, possibly among these people, is a man… so close to the edge that when he breaks, it could change your life forever." The city is New York at the end of era, poised between ...
New York Urban Contexts | 1980–2025” features works from local artists and honors the city’s artistic evolution.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The New York Carnival Parade has taken up a number of different names over the years, but no matter what you call it, the celebration has remained a staple of Caribbean pride, ...
Cynthia Weiner’s debut novel, “A Gorgeous Excitement” (Crown) takes its title from a Sigmund Freud quote about how much he loved cocaine, and its major plot points from a real-life tragedy she ...
Mr. Mahler is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of the forthcoming book “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: ...