The History of a City Underfoot
By NATHANIEL RICH
You never need to ask New Yorkers where they’re going. They’re already there.
The New York Issue
Photo illustration by JR for The New York Times.
Table of contents
Behind the Making of Our Walking New York Cover
By JAKE SILVERSTEIN
All it took was an artist with a big vision, plenty of volunteers and a helicopter.
Walking New York
Sonny Rollins’s favorite corner of the Williamsburg Bridge. The best can-collecting route in Bushwick. See New Yorkers’ most memorable walks in the city, and contribute your own.
Lee Friedlander Captures the City’s Hustle and Flow
Text by TEJU COLE
The greatest New York street photographs reveal a brighter, more abundant metropolis than the one you thought you knew.
How Do We Protect New York City’s Pedestrians?
By SUSAN DOMINUS
Making the streets safer begins by acknowledging that people will walk wherever they damn well please.
JR Brings New York’s Immigrants Out of the Shadows
Photographs by JR
As recent immigrants find their way on the streets, their lives are often hidden to the people walking past.
The Secret Slang of the Diamond District
By BEN SCHOTT
A stroll down 47th Street can be bewildering, if you don’t know the language.
Photographs: Foot Soldiers
Photographs by CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH
Finding unexpected beauty in the hands of shoe shiners.
Abstract Sunday
Abstract Sunday
The Geographically Impossible West Village
By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
In New York, two rights and two lefts lead to the same spot. Except in one neighborhood.
Walk Essays
Can King
PIERRE SIMMONS
In Bushwick, collecting empties and making a decent living, a nickel at a time.
A Boy’s Dream
By JEROME CHARYN
The Grand Concourse was just a block away, but it was a whole new world.
Poem
How to Walk in New York
By STEVE DUENES
A walk in New York is different from a stroll in most other cities. The pace and purpose on these streets are signs of the city’s true self.
The Thread
Re: Divided We Stand
Our critique of the language used to describe a presidential candidate drew analysis from all corners.
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The New York Issue | April 26, 2015
Stories from the streets of New York City by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Sonny Rollins, Russell Shorto, Edwidge Danticat, Jonathan Rosen, Rebecca Johnson and more.