The Big Apple is the biggest city in the U.S. and one of the world’s leading hubs for business, art, entertainment, and more. In a single lifetime, you couldn’t experience all of it. With so much to choose from, what would you pick if you could visit just 25 attractions in the City That Never Sleeps? These 25 locations in New York City stand out for their fame, historical importance, and the distinct experiences they provide. Each spot, from Central Park’s natural beauty to the Chrysler Building’s architectural elegance, captures a unique aspect of the city's character. They highlight the variety and energy of New York, making them essential visits to truly understand what makes the Big Apple so special.
Around 1 million New York City residents will soon be at risk of rent increases for their rent-stabilized apartments. The New York City Rent Guidelines Board determined landlords can raise their rates.
This article was originally published on Common Edge as Living on the Edge.
I am on the edge. Not emotionally or psychologically although this could be the case but literally, physically, spatially, geographically. As I write this, I am sitting on the balcony of a hotel room in Miami Beach, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Behind me is the whole State of Florida and, indeed, the entire North American continent. In front of me: the boardwalk, a narrow beach, and then a lot of water and not much else between here and Mauritania, a distance of more than 4,400 miles.
This is what urban designers call an “edge” a transition between, you might say, something and nothing. Urban designers think constantly about things like edges, nodes, paths anything, as the brilliant urban designer Kevin Lynch showed us in his classic book