ROOM KEY
You’ve no doubt seen it from the highway and either gushed or gasped, but now it’s a slick new hotel.
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.
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.
MAIS OUI
It’s not the only city to lay claim to that title, but the long overlooked Romanian capital is actually a treasure trove of French influences.
BRUTAL CHARM
There’s no old city, no Mughal palaces, no timeless temples, no winding streets, or anything of the sort.
Line Dancing
Nighttime was the right time for Winsor McCay, whose early 20th century comic strip about a little boy’s dreams proved forever that comics could be both mass entertainment and high art.
