What happens when cool people meet up and hang out? Before social media became the de facto language of mass culture, the only way to understand the scenes defining a city was to find them in its bars, parties, and cafés. (Not in its offices, though, even if some of the scene-builders held day jobs.) Staking out these spaces is the best way to estimate the gap between youth culture as it’s captured and metabolized via mainstream social media trends and commentary—the Bravoification of subculture and trend forecasting, if you will—and the on-the-ground realities for the young and creative of today’s New York.
This is a snapshot of 11 individuals who are making 2024 more interesting. They’re not offline by any...
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