How the demand for immigrant housing in the late nineteenth century made New York a safer city.
by Troy Tassier
Three years before the Stonewall Uprising, a quiet act of defiance at Julius’ Bar marked a turning point for gay rights.
by Andrew Berman
From Paris to New York, civic buildings bear the names of poets, philosophers, statesmen, and botanists — honored for their contributions to humankind.
by Francis Morrone
William Le Baron Jenney is often credited with inventing the skyscraper. Contemporary records tell a different story.
by Jason M. Barr
In the 1920s, a unique variant of the Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface was created for Germany’s emerging system of industrial standards. Few people have ever seen it.
by Dan Reynolds
Where do we find the traces of the blues today? More than a hundred years on, its echoes turn up in unexpected places.
by Sasha Frere-Jones
