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Arts & Entertainment
Get ready to boogie oogie oogie at Rockefeller Center's new roller rink
Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace, the revival of a beloved West Hollywood-based roller rink from the late '70s and early '80s, will open in April.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
What Do YOU Like About Midtown?
We asked people in Midtown to name something they like about the much-loathed area.
By
Sai Mokhtari
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Ask A Native New Yorker: Help, My Niece Wants Me To Take Her To Times Square For NYE
A native New Yorker answers this question, and has some suggestions on how to improve Midtown.
By
Jacob Dobkin
Arts & Entertainment
A Legacy of Social Justice At the Ford Foundation Center
Inside the beautiful Ford Foundation on East 43rd Street.
By
Charline Charles
Arts & Entertainment
Street Photographers Are Irresistibly Drawn To Midtown's 'Golden Corridor'
A look back at the allure of Midtown's Fifth Avenue.
By
Tod Seelie
Arts & Entertainment
Gothamist Reviews: The Empire State Building
A Gothamist Reviews x Midtownaissance collab.
By
Claire Lampen
Food
The Dumb Midtown Martini
The Dumb Midtown Martini was the entrance fee into discovering that part of town’s charm and idiosyncrasies, a way to enjoy a place I normally associated with labor and stress and annoyance.
By
Tyler Coates
Arts & Entertainment
How Bryant Park's iconic chairs revolutionized public spaces
The origin of the green chairs can be traced back to one urban planner's observation that 'New York is a tough town to sit in.'
By
Elizabeth Kim
Arts & Entertainment
An Ode To The Midtown Bargain Massage
Anywhere else, a massage is an unaffordable luxury only for the rich, but for someone making a middling salary, the spot near my old office and next to a liquor store made me feel like I was getting a bargain on basic self-care.
By
Sarah Pappalardo
Arts & Entertainment
An Interview With Samuel R. Delany, Literary Legend And Intellectual Historian Of Times Square Cruising Spots
Alongside 'Times Square Red, Times Square Blue'’s handjobs, there are both provocative arguments and charmingly observed tidbits of lore and history—like the fact that 35mm films disappeared from porn theaters by 1986.
By
Jesse Jarnow
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