Thirty-Second Street’s glorious vertical city — its improbable history, its tables and counters, told across four subjects, each with an essay and its addresses.
With the compliments of the concierge desk
How one block learned to build upward — the Garment District, the 1965 Act, the kye system, and why the neighborhood is mostly above your head.
How Korean cooking became the most interesting thing in New York dining — the barbecue houses, the Jungsik line, and the two-star room above Korea Way.
The counters, the bathhouses, and the scrub — what K-beauty actually involves, and where on the block to go for it.
Paper, ink, albums and a photo booth on the fifth floor — the categories American retail let go of, still trading here.