Among the many texts that have had a significant impact on my way of understanding history, The cheese and worms, historical essay by Carlo Ginzburg, holds a high position. Originally the choice to read it was linked to a rather […]
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No, I can’t get out of telling my version of this historic moment. When the Madison Square Garden exploded with joy for the return of the Knicks at the top of the NBA, a part of the city struggled to
The taste of waiting Read More »
There is a precise moment when New York seems to change pace. Walk down Fifth Avenue to Madison Square Park (one of my favorite corners of the city) and, suddenly, the road tightens, almost forces you to slow down. And
Flatiron Building, the New York icon turns Read More »
I’m talking about death while I’m alive and this is already a countersenso. Who established that death should be thought only when it happens? Who decided that it should be feared, “evitated”, kept far until the last moment? We human
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Having an apartment in New York as the second home is going to become much more expensive. This is due to the new Pied-à-Terre Surcharge, an annual tax – in force since 1 July 2026 – intended for luxury residential
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War is no longer only fought in occupied territories or in devastated cities. Today it also takes place in the screens that we see every day, inside the social feeds, immersed in that continuous sequence of content that fills our
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To inaugurate the Condé M. Nast Galleries, next to the Great Hall of Met, the new Costume Art Exhibition of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, curated by Andrew Bolton whose central theme is
The “Found Dress” on show at MET, where art and fashion meet Read More »
This time, instead of telling you a building, I present the man behind many of them: Emery Roth. When talking about a building in New York and you really want to understand its value, often it is not enough to
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Twenty years in August, a career that is taking off to the great and a smile that charms: Valentina Bivona is Marta, the daughter of Marco and Eva, in the sequel to the popular series I Cesaroni, which is about
Valentina Bivona de I Cesaroni: “Marta looks like me, and I dream of New York” Read More »
There is one day in New York, where time seems to slow down and the city changes pace. It happens at the end of June, when the sun remains taller and, between the green overlooking the Hudson, the Midsummer Festival
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