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There is a place in Manhattan where the noise of the heels on the marble is not only a sound of rush, but a call. To find it you have to go down below the level of the road, in […]

It is glamorous New York, the metropolis of Truman Capote, more paranoid and unlikely that of Jonathan Lethem, more psychological-existential than Paul Auster, sweetamara for Lawrence Felinghetti: amusement park and misery at the same time. I imagine that from those

When we think of a great Italian name, we immediately imagine vineyards, cellars, producers and bottles that represent the territory. Much more seldom we ask ourselves who works every day so that the name maintains its value, is protected and

Where does the inspiration of a designer come from? From a fabric, from a color, from an artwork looked at by chance? The halls of “Sculpting the Senses”, the exhibition of Iris van Herpen at the Brooklyn Museum, seem to

After more than 15 years in the New York real estate market, I visited hundreds of apartments, carried out countless evaluations and followed sales at every stage of the market. One of the most often asked questions is: “What work

There is a point where the chronicle of the future crosses an ancient truth: no one can live well if it is left only too long. And when loneliness becomes stable, especially in old age, it stops being only an

There is something vaguely melancholic in looking for the traces of a community that was there and there is no more entirely. It is different to go to Astoria to look for Greece, where the white and blue flags are

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

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

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