The must-have guide to pop culture, history, and world-changing ideas that started in New York City, from the magazine at the center of it all.
Since its founding in 1624, New York City has been a place that creates things.
What began as a trading post for beaver pelts soon transformed into a hub of technological, social, and cultural innovation--but beyond fostering literal inventions like the elevator (inside Cooper Union in 1853), Q-tips (by Polish immigrant Leo Gerstenzang in 192.
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