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Manhattanhenge, also known as the Manhattan Solstice, is a phenomenon that occurs twice a year when the setting sun aligns perfectly with the east-west streets of Manhattans grid layout.

Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life

It was 22 years ago when the American Museum of Natural History created its first permanent entrance on its western side, facing Columbus Ave., to complement its iconic doorways on the south (a turreted castle), the east (the monumental stairs guarded by a mounted Teddy Roosevelt) and the north (a glassed-in spaceship of the universe). But the Weston Pavilion was an experiment that didn’t succeed and in keeping with the institution’s scientific method to test and observe, it was deemed a fai...

Beyond penning that famed holiday-time poem, Clement C. Moore was also an early real estate developer -- and he inherited the land beneath 324 W. 22nd St.

In her Chinatown loft, Kunié Sugiura presses conventional boundaries of photography and painting.

James Panero on New York’s Riverside Park.

New York City has many monikers and carries many mantles. The metropolis is known worldwide as The Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps, and per author

If you live in New York City or plan to be there on July 11 and 12, you — and thousands of other people — are in for a treat.

Manhattan's rectangular grid creates a beautiful spectacle four times a year.

Everything is coming into alignment for some of the city’s best sunsets of the year.