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Joaquim Salles in Secret Structures

Lenox Terrace’s Last Stand

A celebrated Harlem apartment complex tries to hold on

Cayla Bamberger in Secret Structures

School Choice

A neighborhood investigates a Columbia University-funded school

Claire Alison Bryan in Secret Structures

The Business of Sports Jerseys

A quarter block from Tompkins Square Park on 9th Street in the East…

Polina Kuznetsova in Secret Structures

Brodsky, Guns, and Plastic Dolls

The evolution of Russian restaurants in New York

Anastassia Gliadkovskaya in Secret Structures

The Cost of Regulating Pain

New restrictions on opioid prescriptions have come at a price

Gisela Salim in Secret Structures

A Halal Guy

Like many before him, an Egyptian immigrant in New York tries his luck in the food cart…

Rosa Schwartzburg in Secret Structures

A Portrait of the Artist

Travels through the world of sex work and publishing

Ariana Lee in Secret Structures

Race and Therapy

Patients and practitioners try to understand the role of race in mental health care

Zoe Chevalier in Secret Structures

The I.F. Stone of Sunset Park

Local blogger keeps close track of major waterfront development

Ariane Luthi in Secret Structures

Harlem Beyond Blackness

What is lost when demographics shift in an iconic neighborhood.

These were the top 10 stories published by Secret Structures; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024.

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Stories supplied by Keith Gessen’s narrative nonfiction class, Columbia Journalism School, ‘19

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Anastassia Gliadkovskaya