A new coffee shop in the neighborhood will soon be joined by a sports bar and an athleisure store.

"Every night I roast my coffee, every night I prepare my pastries, and I put all my heart in everything," says Chef Salvo Lo Castro.

See? I am capable of looking at the bright side of life!

Justice only happens when people show up to claim it.

There's stargazing on the 145th Street Lawn tonight, and a concert in Riverside Park on Sunday.

New exhibit.

As I photographed, I knew those vehicles would look so different from whatever would be in existence 40 or 50 years later.

It’s commonly the case that the larger the organization I approach to paint, the greater the odds of encountering some...roadblock.

Just in time for summer, a new ice cream shop has opened at 112th and Broadway.

What do we do when a famous couple moves into our Upper West Side building?

My mom could talk all day about this pastry.

I've pictured a few mothers here. Can you name them? Who have I left out?

Beneath the surface of "our" New York is everyone else's New York — layers of lives, loves, businesses, and histories we rarely notice.

I realized, in 50 years, the world wouldn't look like it did in the 1970s and 80s.

A longtime Upper West Side shoe store is closing its doors permanently this summer.

It's gorgeous to look at, but the lobster aguachile has some taste surprises.

Expect rain this week, and City Councilmember Gale Brewer names the projects in her district to be funded under participatory budgeting.

What to do?

Growing up in an economy that wasn’t built to fulfill your every need, I got to know the joys of anticipation.

He almost always beat me into the office.

It could be a good weekend for a guided walk on the UWS, the Hippo Playground Spring Fair, or a James Gandolfini rom-com.

In memory of Bobby Tannenhauser.

Nothing lasts forever.

#4: The hand flashing red is as good as green, and #5: Any gap that exists can and should be filled.

At the opening of a new Wells Fargo branch, the bank announced a grant to help small businesses spruce up their storefronts.

Is chivalry dead? No, but why not open doors for women AND for men.

Dad looked at me in utter disbelief when I ordered the Reuben sandwich from Barney Greengrass, the Sturgeon King.

Om.

The years-long transformation of northeastern Central Park is celebrated this weekend with festivities around the Harlem Meer and new Davis Center.

“And did you know today is National Hairball Awareness Day?" (Look it up.)