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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 Manhattan's 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
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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 failure.
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.