I ♼ NYLON Start spreading the news ... We love New York, we love London, and if you can make it in both, well, you're a transatlantic genius. We asked our itinerant artists to comment in picture and in word about their hottest of hot spots and old established, perennial favorite haunts: coffee shops, restaurants, museums, galleries, parks and public spaces. Not to mention a secret about each destination. We think you'll enjoy this insider knowledge and the multifarious visions of these iconic cities.
MILTON GLASER TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Eataly.
Restaurant Le Zie.
Gallery / Museum
The Morgan Library.
Public Space
Union Square.
A secret about New York
It doesn't exist except in the imagination.
MAC PREMO
TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Brooklyn Circus. It is a men's clothing store, nay, a haberdashery, in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
Restaurant
Bar Tabac on Smith Street is probably my favorite restaurant. It is a little French bistro around the corner from my studio.
Gallery / Museum
I am represented by the Pavel Zoubok Gallery, and while it may sound like I am toeing the company line, I am really happy to be part of their program.
Public Space
Yeah, I'm going to go with my studio. It isn't a park or a public space at all really, but as I have established, vicinity to my studio is pretty big to me.
A secret about New York You ever heard of that place called the Freedom Tower?
RADIO
TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Generation Records.
Restaurant
Fette Sau in Brooklyn; BBQ and bourbon, two of our favorite things.
Gallery / Museum
Society of Illustrators.
Public Space
High Line park.
A secret about New York
The Rooftop Gardens at Rockefeller Center.
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TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Epaulet, Best Made Company.
Restaurant
Do or Dine, Acme.
Gallery / Museum
Jonathan Levine Gallery.
Public Space
Brooklyn Bridge Park.
A secret about New York
The Hoyt/Schermerhorn A/C subway stop is the station most frequently used for film and TV shoots, because there's an abandoned platform and tracks in the center of several working tracks. You never know what the station signs will say when you pull in!
TATIANA AROCHA TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop Feliz.
Restaurant Colonie.
Gallery / Museum
American Museum of Natural History.
Public Space Fort Greene.
A secret about New York
Whispering gallery at Grand Central Terminal. You can whisper facing one corner of one of the archways and your whisper will be heard at the opposite end.
STEPHEN BLISS TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Paul Smith, Adidas.
Restaurant
Juventino (Park Slope), Think Coffee (used to make me into a crazed fiend, not so much now).
Gallery / Museum MoMA.
Public Space
Prospect Park, a beautiful sprawling wild park with a great running / cycling track.
A secret about New York
There’s a guy who frequents the subways who looks like Rod Stewart and dresses like Rod Stewart. He's shorter than the Rod you see in videos and could be Barry Manilow.
POP CHART LAB TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Zakka Design Store, Dumbo.
Restaurant
Mile End Delicatessen, Boerum Hill.
Gallery / Museum
The New Museum, Bowery.
Public Space
The Botanical Garden, Brooklyn.
A secret about New York
The Whispering gallery in Grand Central Terminal, which has a unique acoustic property (when two people stand at diagonal arches and whisper, they can hear each other's voices "telegraphed" from across the way). Charles Mingus liked to play under the arches.
EUGENE & LOUISE TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Bleecker Street Records – If you want to spice up your vinyl collection, Bleecker Street Records is your place to be.
Restaurant
Taïm – Nothing beats Taïm falafel and smoothie bar when you’re looking for a quick healthy bite while strolling through The Village.
Gallery / Museum
Danziger Gallery – If you’re into photography, the Danziger Gallery is a definite must-see.
Public Space
Bleecker Playground – we love the little sitting area between Bleecker Playground and Magnolia Bakery – a perfect combo.
A secret about New York
You know how the New York sewers often release steam? Well, that's not steam, really. It's the spirits of the people who once lived in NY coming out for a stroll in the streets of their favorite city that never sleeps.
ANDREW BANNECKER TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Obscura Antiques & Oddities.
Restaurant Bubby's.
Gallery / Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Public Space Central Park.
A secret about New York
Hart Island. The largest publicly funded cemetery in the world, with approximately 850,000 bodies buried here. Hart Island is located just east of City Island, and is technically considered part of the Bronx. It once served as a prisoner of war camp and also housed a prison and women’s asylum. Burials here began taking place during the American Civil War.
RIZON PAREIN TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Lafayette Smoke Shop (international magazines).
Restaurant
Aska by Fredrik Berselius.
Gallery / Museum
David Zwirner Gallery.
Public Space
Fort Greene Flea.
A secret about New York
The best thing in NY is biking. Explore the less popular neighbourhoods, such as Red Hook, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Greenpoint, then cross the Williamsburg Bridge at sunset.
POLYESTER STUDIO TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Marshall Stack.
Restaurant Veselka.
Gallery / Museum
Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
Public Space
Washington Square Park.
A secret about New York
That the quintessential NY movie Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film ever to win an Oscar (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay).
SCRIPT & SEAL TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
Printed Matter.
Restaurant Adelina's.
Gallery / Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Public Space
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
A secret about New York
Late night army stew and watermelon soju at Pocha 32 in K-Town.
JEFF NISHINAKA TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop Muji.
Restaurant
Prune Restaurant.
Gallery / Museum MoMA.
Public Space
The High Line – Meatpacking District.
A secret about New York
When at Prune restaurant, order the roasted marrow bones with parsley salad and grey salt! Oh yeah!
VASAVA
TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
John Derian. 6 E. 2nd Street, NY.
Restaurant
BONDST (Japanese). 6 Bond Street.
Gallery / Museum
Matthew Marks Gallery.
Public Space
Bryant Park in springtime.
A secret about New York
Sleep No More, our fave show, takes place at the McKittrick Hotel, a reference to the film Vertigo.
TRISTAN EATON TOP TIPS ABOUT NEW YORK Shop
ToyTokyo on 2nd Ave in the East Village. The original art toy store in Manhattan.
Restaurant
Fat Buddha Bar on Ave A, Alphabet City. Amazing late night food and DJ legends from Hip Hop's golden age.
Gallery / Museum
The Neue Galerie. If you're a fan of Egon Schiele, Kilmt and Kokoschka, this is the place.
Public Space
Dumbo waterfront. In the last 10 years it went from dangerous and ugly to total paradise. Best view of Manhattan.
A secret about New York
Go to Cafe Roma in Little Italy on a hot day - ask for a lemonade / lemon ice combo. Not on the menu, but they'll do it for you if you're a fan of the mural outside!
CHRISSIE MACDONALD TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Liberty; for their limited edition fabric prints (like Grayson Perry’s designs of polluted factories, knuckle-dusters and hand grenades), their amazing packaging regardless of what you buy and the beautiful woodwork interiors reclaimed from two old Men-of-War ships.
Restaurant
St. John’s Tavern, Archway.
Gallery / Museum
Camden Arts Centre.
Public Space
Either Hampstead Heath or Waterlow Park on the edge of Highgate Cemetery.
A secret about London
Transport for London’s Lost Property Office - located at Baker Street since 1933 - receives up to 1,500 items per day. Mislaid belongings range from the everyday like canned drinks and electronic devices, to the more bizarre: false teeth, an urn of ashes, breast implants and £10,000 of crisp bank notes. Other unlikely items include wedding dresses, a theatrical coffin, crutches & wheelchairs, a human skull, Rolex watches, a stuffed puffer fish, a park bench and a lawn mower.
SAWDUST
TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Alfies Antique Market.
Restaurant On The Bab.
Gallery / Museum British Museum.
Public Space
Camley Street Natural Park.
A secret about London
Until 1916 Harrod’s sold pure cocaine to the general public.
ANDREW RAE TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Regent Sounds Studio on Denmark Street where I bought my blues deluxe guitar amp.
Restaurant
The Southampton Arms Ale and Cider House in Kentish Town.
Gallery / Museum
The Camden Arts Centre is a little off the beaten track but has some great shows and workshops in a lovely building and a great bookshop.
Public Space
Hampstead Heath.
A secret about London
London is the greenest city of it's size in the world with green space covering 40 per cent of Greater London.
ZEITGUISED TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Unto This Last.
Restaurant
Bistrotheque.
Gallery / Museum Tate Modern.
Public Space Victoria Park.
A secret about London
The nighttime streets of East London bear witness to scantily clad ladies bending forward and peeing parabolically.
ELEY KISHIMOTO TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Mark's: Clerkenwell Screws Wakako's: Paramount Plants.
Restaurant
Koya for freshly shop-made udon and seasonal produce prepared by Junya. The Algerian Coffee House for ground coffee or beans to everyone’s taste, with one of the best and most reasonable take away coffees whilst you wait for your order to be bagged and packed.
Gallery / Museum
Tanja Leighton Gallery, London's First Operating Theater, the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Public Space
Battersea Park, The Serpentine, walks just outside London in the Time Out Guide.
A secret about London
That there are no more secrets really anymore. Only the ones that stay personal and are normally carried out at home behind closed doors with family and friends.
SHOTOPOP
TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
The Last Tuesday Society.
Restaurant
Food fix - LARDO. Coffee fix - Look Mum No Hands.
Gallery / Museum
The Hayward Gallery.
Public Space
London Fields. The Hackney Picturehouse for amazing cinema.
A secret about London
The Hackney Mole Man dug tunnels that spread 20m in every direction from under his house, causing the surrounding area to start caving in.
PETE FOWLER TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Rough Trade East, London.
Restaurant
Tas Firin, Bethnal Green Road.
Gallery / Museum
The British Museum.
Public Space
East London canal paths.
A secret about London
Soane Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Free entry to the world of the architect John Soane's mind-boggling collection of art and antiquities.
BOSE COLLINS TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop, Holborn, London.
Restaurant
The George & Vulture, Bank, London.
Gallery / Museum
Old Operating Theatre, London Bridge, London
Public Space
Battersea Park, Wandsworth, London.
A secret about London
Under London there are over 30,000 miles of sewers. More than enough to wrap around the equator. It is seething with mechanical rats.
RYAN TODD
TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Goodhood.
Restaurant
Andrew Edmonds.
Gallery / Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Public Space Southbank.
A secret about London
The first design proposal for St Paul's Cathedral included a huge 60 foot high stone pineapple on top of the dome.
WILL BARRAS TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Triangle on Chatsworth Road.
Restaurant
Mangal on Arcola St.
Gallery / Museum Tate Modern.
Public Space
Paddington Recreation Ground in Maida Vale.
A secret about London
The nursery rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasel" is about having to pawn your suit after spending all of your money in a boozer in Clerkenwell.
MCBESS
TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Wunjo Guitars
Restaurant
Climpson's Arch.
Gallery / Museum The Sex Museum.
Public Space Victoria Park.
A secret about London
There's a secret train that goes straight to Paris.
MONOREX
TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Argos.
Restaurant
Bricklane 24hr Bagel shop.
Gallery / Museum
Stolen Space Gallery, Saatchi Gallery and the famous museum Attenbrough hangs out in...Natural History?
Public Space
London has parks?
A secret about London
Having a Scottish accent works wonders on the ladies.
ROD HUNT
TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Gosh! Comics.
Restaurant
Goddards at Greenwich serves London's most traditional meal of pie, mash and liquor.
Gallery / Museum Tate Modern.
Public Space
Greenwich Park, one of the capital's eight Royal Parks.
A secret about London
My home area of Greenwich is regularly a location in the movies, including Sherlock Holmes, Patriot Games, The Wolfman, The King's Speech, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Les Misérables and Thor: The Dark World.
SERGE SEIDLITZ TOP TIPS ABOUT LONDON Shop
Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop.
Restaurant
The Quality Chop House.
Gallery / Museum
The British Museum.
Public Space
Hamstead Heath.
A secret about London
The Queen's Guard keep their sandwiches in their busby hats.
AGENT
Howard Bernstein, Louisa St. Pierre, Sam Summerskill, Matthew Shearer.
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