SMELL: Highbridge Water Tower
The Highbridge Water Tower soars two hundred feet above the shores of the Harlem River in Washington Heights. It overlooks a tangle of interchanges
SMELL: Olfactory Art Keller
Courtesy of Olfactory Art Keller In February 2021, when Andreas Keller opened his gallery, Olfactory Art Keller, on Henry Street in the shadow of the
SMELL: The fragrance of One World Observatory
Some might not even notice it at first: a floral scent that wafts through the lobby of One World Observatory. According to
SMELL: Ice skating and hot-tubbing… at the airport?
Sure, there are many unusual places to ice skate in New York City: by the seaside at Abe Stark Rink in Coney Island, on the
SMELL: The Alley Pond Giant, the oldest living organism in New York City
A few steps from the diesel roar of the Long Island Expressway, at the edge of Flushing’s Alley Pond Park, there grows a tulip poplar
SMELL: Seven smells for the seventh month
In Sense & the City tradition, I present a collection of seven sensory impressions for the seventh month, this year with a focus on local
SMELL: An immersive candle experience in SoHo
What does SoHo smell like in the winter? Wet wool, body lotion, something burning (pretzels? chestnuts?), damp stone, corrugated cardboard, rubber, perfume, steam. One thing
SMELL: Suspended Forest, an installation of discarded Christmas trees
For certain empathetic New Yorkers, the beginning of January can be bittersweet for an entirely different reason than the usual. In the first weeks of
SMELL: United Pickle factory
The other day a companion and I sat down on the red-leather stools at the counter of Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop, the 1929 diner in the
