Kelly Clarkson’s Brooklyn Shop Drama and the Great “Real New Yorker” Debate

WNYC and Gothamist arts and culture editor Matthew Schnipper joins us to talk about Kelly Clarkson’s dispute with Brooklyn Heights shop Art of Play, a photographer trying to document every neighborhood in the city and what really makes someone a New Yorker. Plus, Citi Bike’s unlikely rise as a symbol of New York cool and some of the places opening their doors for Open House New York.

Photo: Sonia Rao/ WNYC & Gothamist

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