Stati Uniti

City corners

The Elevated Acre: a park suspended thirty feet above New York's Financial District

Above 55 Water Street, an acre of lawn and wood suspended over the Financial District: views of the East River, used almost only by office workers.

Jun 28, 2026

City corners

Greenacre Park, the secret waterfall of Turtle Bay in Manhattan

Greenacre Park, Turtle Bay: a 25-foot waterfall in a vest-pocket park at 217 E 51st St, a gift from the Rockefellers in 1971.

Jun 28, 2026

Churches and cathedrals

NoMad's "Little Church Around the Corner": the actors' church in New York

In NoMad, behind a garden, the Church of the Transfiguration: English Gothic from 1849, a lych-gate, and the story of New York's actors.

Jun 28, 2026

Castles, palaces and monuments

The City Reliquary: the museum born from a storefront window in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

In Williamsburg, a civic museum in a storefront window: dentures from Dead Horse Bay, World's Fair memorabilia, and a shrine to Jackie Robinson.

Jun 28, 2026