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NYC’s best new pizzeria is hidden inside a Times Square subway station

A section of Times Square’s vast underground area is quickly becoming one of Midtown’s coolest destinations. The 50th Street concourse level of the Downtown 1 station, just steps away from the recently abandoned Duane Reade and the giant shuttered Sburrows on the neighborhood’s northern edge, lends a Bushwick feel to the heart of the tourist […]

The hidden costs of going green: Part 2

We need to minimize the negative impact we have on the planet. However, our recent adoption of green technologies to minimize damage to the environment has already led to unexpected and often unmentioned ecological destruction. Is this just the price we have to pay? You can read part 1 here. Note: This article originally appeared […]

The hidden costs of going green: Part 1

We need to minimize the negative impact we have on the planet. However, our recent adoption of green technologies to minimize damage to the environment has already led to unexpected and often unmentioned ecological destruction. Is this just the price we have to pay? Note: This article originally appeared in the print issue of Return. […]

Instagram’s hidden game is played with your favorite emoji — here’s how

As if anyone needed it, there’s a new way to kill time on social media. Instagram hid an emoji-based game within its smartphone app’s direct messaging feature – and people are starting to realize that. To play, both iOS and Android users must open and draft a message, then send one emoji of their choice […]

The hidden antisemitism of Truman Capote’s New York City

At a dinner party recently, I overheard the hostess, who is Jewish, having a conversation with her husband about the building on Fifth Avenue where they grew up. Our hostess pointed out that even though her husband’s parents were socially registered WASPS, they, like her family, had chosen to live in a building that was […]