NYC
Are New York’s eccentric street characters being pushed out?
Save NYC street culture — Filmmaker Nicolas Heller’s No Your City web series celebrates the city’s larger than life characters, who are being threatened by ongoing gentrification of the Big Apple.
Written by: Alex King
New Yorkers are fighting to save the soul of their city
Stop NYC eating its children — Gentrification is suffocating New York’s creative culture. We spoke to #SaveNYC campaign founder Jeremiah Moss to find out why it’s time to fight back.
Written by: Alex King
Is New York still a city of dreams?
No more rags to riches — Writer Alan Kaufman and artist Clayton Patterson discuss how their personal journeys of social advancement and creative expression no longer seem possible in today’s NYC.
Written by: Alex King
A battle is raging for the soul of New York City
We need to #SaveNYC — Gentrification is taking its toll on the city’s cultural fabric. Artist and photographer Clayton Patterson throws his weight behind the #SaveNYC campaign.
Written by: Alex King
Former DNA drummer Ikue Mori on life after No Wave
Beyond noise — As Kim Gordon released her memoir Girl in a Band, we unearth this piece from her’s and Bill Nace’s curated section in Huck 42 - The Improv Issue. Tokyo-transplant Ikue Mori surfed the rise of No Wave on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1970s and continues to push at the boundaries of improvised music to this day.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Haroshi's incredible skateboard sculptures go on show in NYC
Still Pushing Despite the Odds — Japanese sculptor Haroshi builds insane structures from discarded skateboard decks. Check out his new show at Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC.
Written by: Alex Taylor
Five controversial contributors from nine decades of The New Yorker
NYC’s culture bible turns 90 — To celebrate The New Yorker’s 90th birthday, we look back on five of its most controversial and high-profile contributors.
Written by: Megan White
Spike Jonze's unseen photos transformed into NY Fashion Week show
Opening Ceremony x Spike Jonze — So-Cal fashion brand Opening Ceremony breaks open Spike Jonze's photography archive to create a New York Fashion Week show and exhibition.
Written by: Megan White
Celebrating 45 years of music soulvation at The Loft, NYC
Love Saves The Day — A selection of tracks drawn straight from the floorboards of modern dance culture’s Mecca.
Written by: Gabriela Helfet
The Lower East Side playlist
NYC's counterculture petri dish — Artist, photographer and popular historian Clayton Patterson is our guide to the best of the Lower East Side's alternative culture.
Written by: Alex Taylor
