NUEVA YORK
The largest collection of Spanish art outside of Spain can be found in the upper reaches of Manhattan at a museum often overlooked by residents and visitors alike.
Anthony Paletta is a freelance writer located in New York City. He's contributed to the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Metropolis, Architectural Record, Citylab, and other publications.
FADED GLORY
Genoa was once one of the greatest of the world’s movers and shakers, but lately it has been overlooked in favor of its former rivals.
KOOKY CORNER
Architects frustrated with an absence of hands-on building in architecture began to cluster in the area in the ’60s, producing a substantial grouping of experimental designs.
ROOM KEY
You’ve no doubt seen it from the highway and either gushed or gasped, but now it’s a slick new hotel.
IT’S STILL A BIG WORLD
If you haven’t heard of it, you’re hardly alone.
GET OUT
You won’t have to enter a single museum or open your wallet, but you will get your steps in.
HIDDEN GEM
It has the largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright works in the world, and nobody will yell at you for touching.
FANCY
It’s the house that tires built, and it’s a particularly spectacular one.
OOH LA LA
Forget South Beach, the Grand Concourse in the Bronx has one of the most dramatic vistas in the city and an incredible collection of Art Deco architecture.
PLASTIC
Facing down hungry socialist city planners, the communist government of Poland based its rebuilding of Nazi-destroyed Warsaw Old Town on a painting by the nephew of a great artist.