A two-mile section of the city’s Brickline Greenway project explores the past and future of the city’s Black community.
Category: Historic Buildings and Sites
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A Walk in St. Louis: A New African American Trail
A two-mile section of the city’s Brickline Greenway project explores the past and future of the city’s Black community.
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A Walk in Marrakesh: A Spider Web of Passageways
The medina, the ancient neighborhood where this Moroccan city was born, offers sensory stimulation at every turn.
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A Walk Through the History of New York City
Ahead of next year’s 400th anniversary of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, the historian and author of “The Island at the Center of the World” offers a walking tour of often-overlooked Native American and Black sites.
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‘Transformers’ Statues Cause a Big Fight in Georgetown
A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased.
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Building Boom on Mykonos Reveals ‘Wretched’ Side of Greece’s Recovery
Investors are eager to cash in on soaring demand for luxury properties, but an attack on an archaeologist investigating building violations brought a darker underbelly to light.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s San Juan, Puerto Rico
The multi-hyphenate writer and performer spent his childhood summers on the Caribbean Island and offers a non-tourist’s take on the U.S. territory and its capital.
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A Campus With a Smokestack: Converting Old Factories Into Schools
Adaptive reuse projects have turned former big-box stores, churches, tortilla factories, office buildings and even a space for laser tag into educational facilities.
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6 British Castles Where You Can Stay for as Little as $230 a Night
As the coronation of King Charles III unfolds in London, you can get your own taste of nearly 1,000 years of pomp and lore for as little as $230 a night.
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The Design Fair Off the Beaten Path of Salone del Mobile
In its fifth year, Alcova, the independent design fair, offered an alternative to Milan Design Week, the largest festival of its kind in the world.
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The Design Fair Off the Beaten Path of Salone del Mobile
In its fifth year, Alcova, the independent design fair, offered an alternative to Milan Design Week, which has become the largest festival of its kind in the world.
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The New Tiffany, Unboxed
After a makeover that took nearly four years, the jewelry company’s famous flagship store in Manhattan is set to reopen under new ownership.