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Music 15.10.2025

An inside look at New York City’s best independent record stores

Vinyl NYC — A new book from James T. & Karla L. Murray and Hattie Lindert explores the frontages, interiors and people of shops located across the five boroughs, while archiving their existences.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Two surfers riding waves in the ocean, with spray and ocean in the background.

Sport 24.03.2025

In Queens, local surfers are moulding a neighbourhood in their own renegade images

Rockaway breaks — On a little-known stretch of beach in eastern New York City, an ecosystem of wave catchers, and the local bars and restaurants that fuel them, is seeing a boom. Paolo Bicchieri meets the residents and business owners behind the growing swell.

Written by: Paolo Bicchieri

Skate 23.03.2017

Meeting the skaters at one of New York's most loved skate parks

It's under threat — The Astoria Skate Plaza in Queens, New York, is a sanctuary for skaters in a rapidly changing city. But just like Brooklyn Banks before it, rampant gentrification now threatens to rip a community from its home.

Written by: Josh Fray

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An inside look at New York City’s best independent record stores

In Queens, local surfers are moulding a neighbourhood in their own renegade images

Meeting the skaters at one of New York's most loved skate parks

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