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Critic
No Need to Put a Ring On It

For novelist Elliott Holt being alone is more valuable than any diamond.

Essay
The Pastis Future

One writer considers the New York of Keith McNally as the restaurateur moves to resuscitate a...

Wordplay
Fast Fashion

Surface Media’s CEO offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.

Poem
Eks and the City

The star of Bravo reality show Million Dollar Listing New York gets poetic about his adopted

Critic
Please, Please Chill Out With the Biennials

Writer Dan Duray takes aim at the staggering number of international art shows.

critic
Ludlow House

Writer Stan Parish discovers the appeal of a new cool kids club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Essay
Buried in Velvet

One writer sees the tony fabric’s recent renaissance as a sign of the fraught times we live in.

Wordplay
The Robots Are Coming!

Surface Media's CEO offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.

Please Stop
Please Stop: Opening Pop-Up Shops

Our regular look at a design trend that needs to end.

CRITIC
Sex in the Age of Technology

Charles Curkin reflects on an era before technology made mating easy.

Please Stop
Please Stop: Writing Open Letters

Our regular look at a design trend that needs to end.

ESSAY
Suite Sorrow: The Death of New York’s Grand Hotels

One New Yorker laments the passing of one of the city’s greatest offerings.

Critic
Broken English

An American expat describes the varied dialects that can be heard throughout Great Britain. After...

Wordplay
What is Quality?

Surface Media CEO Marc Lotenberg offers his take on a current buzzword, idea, or trend.

Architecture
2016 in 20 Buildings

Our editors weigh in on the projects that defined the year in architecture.