Every month this year, Untapped New York will release a new essay from Jo Holmes about the life and work of the late ...

The best hotel parties, public vantage points, and river cruises for enjoying NYC's fireworks this 4th of July.

We take a closer look at five approved office-to-residential projects in Chicago that are underway or are about to break ...

All of it—the grand buildings, the wave upon wave of stone steps—was like a stage set for becoming. But becoming what? Daddy had given me Manhattan, and now I took to it without him. He had no active ...

In the pine-scented air of Arizona’s White Mountains sits a culinary treasure where something as seemingly simple as a baked potato has been elevated to an art form that will haunt your food dreams ...

Life in the 1920s looked vastly different than our world today. From fashion and music to sports and travel, here's how times ...

Designer Jessica Gersten and builder TRH New York helped a couple attain their version of perfection through relentless, hawk ...

New buildings in New York City will soon be unable to house gas-powered stoves, ovens and heating appliances, after the City Council voted Wednesday to ban the use of fossil fuels in new developments.

In the heart of Greenpoint near the Williamsburg border, this 1,658-square-foot duplex condo in the McCarren at 61 Engert ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Elevator Problem in Tall Office Buildings” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 74 No. 26 (June 1896), p. 402 doi:10.1038 ...