39 Reasons to Love New York Right Now

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 REASONS TO LOVE NEW YORK [39 Reasons to Love New York]( Right now. Photo: Pelle Cass for New York Magazine At the end of 2020, when hardly anybody had yet gotten even the first dose of a vaccine and the subways weren’t running overnight and the sidewalks of midtown were so empty you could text and walk safely and there was no place to go dancing or see music or very easily get a martini and burger at midnight, our annual “Reasons to Love New York” issue was written in the past tense: “[Reasons We’ve Loved New York](.” It was a wake for a traumatized commercial metropolis on pause, bruised and boarded up and unsure of when it would get going again or what would be left of it when it did. We wrote tributes for 500 businesses that had shut down forever during the pandemic: go-to diners, late-night party spots, boxing gyms, Bushwick art galleries, and one luxury department store that had recently arrived from Texas. The places where we lived our city lives. Two years later, this city, a little banged up and wild-eyed, is possibly more brazenly itself than it has been in decades. Does anybody under 20 not jump the subway turnstile these days? People are smoking indoors and having sex in the bathroom at the bar while you bang on the door. There is a defiant, down-for-whatever disorderliness that can feel threatening, liberating, or both at once. [Continue reading »]( Holiday Sale: [Save up to 70% and get two exclusive gifts]( with an annual subscription to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( More Reasons to Love New York [One Intersection, 72 Celebrities, 10,912 Clicks of the Shutter The making of our ‘Reasons to Love New York’ cover.]( By Christopher Bonanos [La Guardia Is Kind of Ritzy Sky bridges have become something of a status symbol for airports around the world. La Guardia has two.]( By James D. Walsh [Eric Adams Is Certainly Enjoying Himself Performance is an inherent part of politics. But perhaps no prior mayor has ever leaned so far into spectacle.]( [Why I Want the Marijuana-Dispensary License Here, some applicants on their high hopes.]( [All This Hero Wanted Was to Stay Here Francisco Puebla was among the people who spotted the suspected subway shooter. He was offered a monetary reward but told the city he didn’t want it.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest 1. [Eric Adams Has Rats According to an unpaid summons for his Bed-Stuy townhouse.]( By Clio Chang 2. [He Transformed His LES Apartment to Feel Like His Minnesota Childhood Home. Artist and set designer Steven Hammel’s cozy nostalgia.]( By Wendy Goodman 3. [Where Is the Tesla Bus? Elon Musk announced it alongside the Tesla Semi all those years ago. So what gives?]( By Alissa Walker [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved