Joe Macken, a Queens-born artist and truck driver who now lives in Clifton Park, first began working on the model in 2004, ...

A hidden passageway at Manhattan’s Merchant’s House Museum may be New York City’s earliest Underground Railroad site.

The cordial relationship between art and fashion was on full view in New York this week, as big announcements from local ...

Joe Macken began making mini representations of New York City 21 years ago and now his work is going on display.

The Museum of the City of New York will display a miniature New York built of balsa wood and Elmer’s glue. It has bridges, ...

From touring world-class art museums to enjoying outdoor green spaces, here are 40 of the best things to do in New York City.

The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway to freedom for enslaved people escaping north, through woods, tunnels, private ...

Beginning in 2004, Joe Macken carved all five boroughs of New York City out of balsa wood, every site and stadium, and every ...

For the first time in over a century, historians say a new stop on the Underground Railroad has been discovered, fully intact ...

A Times project commemorated centuries of history not by looking into the past, but by exploring the city’s future.

One man single-handedly recreated New York City’s five boroughs and all that goes with them using a little paint, glue and a ...

“It’s a critical piece of the overall struggle for freedom and justice,” said one city councilmember ...