Reports New York

The first gourmet food trucks appeared over two years ago in the Big Apple. Thanks to the fierce competition between chefs, New Yorkers and tourists alike enjoy a very broad range of epicurean street food options.
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Fixed-gear bicycles, or ‘fixies’, are vintage bikes with a cog ‘fixed’ to the rear hub. Originally created by and for messengers, fixies are how fashionable New Yorkers get around town.
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For the past few years Thai food has been relegated to the ranks of cheap, easy takeout, with mainstream eateries adding Westernized pad Thai and curries to menus. But if what editors of a prestigious culinary foundation say comes..
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They’re not covered in chocolate, or studded with pretty berries, nor are they slathered in a caramel or toffee sauce. But editors of a prestigious US culinary foundation are betting that a simple, plain-looking French pastry will..
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Photographer JR thinks big -- really big -- by producing giant black and white portraits of people and plastering them on the urban landscape, from West Bank wall to African slum to Parisian street. After winning the TED prize thi..
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During the summer months New York is inundated with every kind of cultural offering and outdoor event. The city is transformed and tourists are spoilt for choice.
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Street philosopher, urban artist, local hero -- James de la Vega accepts all titles save that of graffiti artist. His sketches aren't distressed scrawls -- but small wisdoms imparted to passersby on everything from sidewalks to tr..
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New York’s pulse beats a little stronger in Brooklyn than it does in Manhattan, although some New Yorkers from ‘the Island’ will never set foot in the neighbouring borough just the other side of the bridge. The Brooklynites have c..
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New York is an impatient city, always tearing down the old to make room for the new. But in Greenwich Village the hip and the historic live happily side by side, making it one of the most fascinating parts of Manhattan.
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A selection of trendy, gourmet or must-visit addresses. Your New York stay will be all the pleasanter...
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