The directory
Verified New Yorkers
Every member has confirmed a New York connection. Photographers, historians, artists, writers, builders — the people keeping the record.
Marisol Vega
Photographer · Mott Haven, The Bronx
Documenting the South Bronx one rooftop at a time. If the light's good, I'm on a fire escape.
DeShawn Carter
Historian · Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Oral historian. I collect the stories nobody wrote down. Bed-Stuy, do or die.
Ani Petrosyan
Designer · Sunnyside, Queens
Type and signage nerd. I photograph every hand-painted storefront before it disappears.
Frankie Ruiz
Writer · Washington Heights, Manhattan
Essayist. I write about the city in the second person because it's always talking to you.
Yuki Tanaka
Artist · Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Painter working in concrete dust and rose madder. The city is my primer.
Gloria Ade
Entrepreneur · East End, Newburgh
Building from where the brand is rooted. Newburgh raised me; I'm raising it back.
Theo Russo
Collector · St. George, Staten Island
Ferry rider, ephemera hoarder. Staten Island counts, and I'll fight about it.
Imani Brooks
Photographer · Jamaica, Queens
Portrait photographer. I shoot the people who keep the city running and rarely get seen.