Living In
Whitestone: Suburban Feel on the Waterfront
By DAN SHAW
Although bounded by heavily trafficked bridges, the Whitestone section of Queens is surprisingly quiet and suburban-like.
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Gucci, spring 2017 collection.
In a new show space, the designer Alessandro Michele told an evermore elaborate, rose-tinted tale.
Street Style: London
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Some looks from the streets as fashion month moves on to its next phase.
Manhattan Bombs Provide Trove of Clues; F.B.I. Questions 5 People
By MARC SANTORA, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, AL BAKER and ADAM GOLDMAN
The people were taken to an F.B.I. office in Manhattan, and an official said they may have been heading to the airport. Tensions in the region increased when the authorities said pipe bombs were found in Elizabeth, N.J.
Retiring
Going for the Gold in the Golden Years
By AMY ZIPKIN
Many fitness-oriented older Americans, some who came to sports later in life, test themselves in local, state and national competitions like the Senior Games.
The Best Street Style at New York Fashion Week
Our favorite looks from the people at this season’s shows.
48 Hours Before the Marc Jacobs Show, With Katie Grand
By ALEXANDER FURY
All that happened leading up to the New York Fashion Week runway.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Eli Manning, Michael J. Fox and Sarah Ferguson at 9/11 Charity
By DENNY LEE
Last week’s galas included Cantor Fitzgerald’s annual Charity Day; special dinner and song for Lincoln Center trustees.
Trendspotting
Designers Toss Petals Into the Style Mix
By RUTH LA FERLA
Flowers drifted every which way this season, in bright showers of color, shape and scale.
A Romantic British Designer, Inspired by Science
By OSMAN AHMED
Katie Roberts-Wood, who studied medicine for 10 years before turning to fashion, draws on organic shapes she finds in nature.
Wheels
A Tweedy Gathering of Vintage Cars at Goodwood
By STEPHEN WILLIAMS
The annual event in England has a very British flair and tries to re-create the postwar automotive atmosphere up to 1966.
Paralympics’ Repair Shop Offers Helping Hands for Damaged Limbs
By BEN SHPIGEL
A crew of technicians who hail from 29 countries and speak 26 languages make at least 100 free repairs a day to the wheelchairs, prostheses and even sunglasses of competitors in Rio de Janeiro.
Scene City
The Flashiest Parties of New York Fashion Week
By BEN DETRICK
The most memorable events included a food-court rager for Opening Ceremony, club night with Jeremy Scott, and, as usual, Kanye West.
Hungry City
Filipino Food Arrives, in a Taco, at 2nd City and Swell Dive
By LIGAYA MISHAN
Two New York restaurants attest to the new cachet of an underdog cuisine.
At Home With a Very Modern, Very Artistic Family
By CRAIG HUBERT
The filmmakers Ira Sachs and Kirsten Johnson, both of whom have movies out now, are co-parents to four-year-old twins — along with Sachs’s husband.
Short Take
Marc Jacobs’s Glitterati
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The final show of New York Fashion Week tipped over the rainbow, and slid down the other side.
Fashion Review
Ralph Lauren Stops Traffic
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The fashion giant debuted his first see-now/buy-now collection on a city street; Boss Women and Derek Lam took another road.
Scene City
GucciGhost, Bulgari and Made Host Parties on the Final Night of Fashion Week
By KATIE ROGERS
Wednesday night included a celebration for Gucci’s newest collaboration, a dinner for Out of Order magazine and closing night for Made.
Fashion Review
Acting Out at Coach, Rodarte and Tory Burch
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The fashion week cast included Brandon Maxwell and Vera Wang.
Living In
Among the Bright Lights of Times Square
By JULIE BESONEN
About 5,800 people choose to make their home in the hectic Times Square neighborhood.
Short Take
Everything’s Coming Up Daisies for Michael Kors
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
An unexpected performance and political statement by Rufus Wainwright cast the collection in a whole new light.
Fashion Review
New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
Collections from Jeremy Scott and the Row also had their moments at New York Fashion Week, along with designs from Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera.
Scene City
Jessica Alba Parties at Tory Burch’s Home for Fashion Week
By KATIE ROGERS
Tuesday night’s festivities included cocktails at the Pierre Hotel for Ms. Burch’s new collection, and a party for Interview magazine.
Gabriela Hearst, Now a Horsewoman of a Different Color
By MATTHEW SCHNEIER
With her spring collection, the designer tries on sex appeal.
A Glorified Sidewalk, and the Path to Transform Atlanta
By RICHARD FAUSSET
The Atlanta BeltLine project, which would circle the city’s urban core with a biking and pedestrian loop, aims to rejuvenate an area known for suburban sprawl.
Album | Michael Redpath
Images of Ground Zero, Transformed by Sandy’s Waters
By JOHN LELAND
Michael Redpath, a lieutenant in the Fire Department, spent six months documenting the cleanup at the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 attacks. Then a hurricane found his negatives.
Five or Six Things I Didn’t Know About Brad Pitt, by Marlon James
By MARLON JAMES
Musings from the Man Booker-winning author after his first meeting with one of the biggest — and nicest — stars on the planet.
What I Love
Sara Bareilles, of ‘Waitress,’ on Her Sanctuary in the City
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
Sara Bareilles, the Grammy and Tony-nominated singer-songwriter, lives in a two-bedroom rental in Lower Manhattan.
What It’s Like to Cast a Fashion Week Show
By ISABEL WILKINSON
Kevin Amato, who releases a new book of his photography this week, takes T behind the scenes of his street casting for several runway shows.
Scene City
Show Jumping and Celebrity Spotting in the Hamptons; Wall Streeters Host 9/11 Memorial Dinner
By DENNY LEE
Last week’s top galas included the Hampton Classic Grand Prix, and the 9/11 Memorial Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street.
Riding the Rails to the Summer of Love
By NINA BURLEIGH
Nina Burleigh retraces her family’s rail adventure across half the continent to Haight-Ashbury, the epicenter of the counterculture movement in 1967.
Neighborhood Joint
Once Upon a Tart, Reborn in SoHo
By GLORIA DAWSON
The French bakery reopened under different ownership in 2014, and though there were several changes, the recipes for the shop’s famous scones, muffins and tarts were not altered.
Rita Ora, Julianne Moore and Tom Hanks at the Tom Ford Show
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
The designer’s first buy-now show draws an A-list crowd to the recently closed Four Seasons restaurant.
The Second Life of One Photographer’s Ad Images
By IAN BAUMAN
In a new show, Alex Perweiler resurrects — and newly contextualizes — images his father took for advertising clients in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
The Woolly Wisdom in the ‘Llama Llama’ Books
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
In her series of children’s books about llamas, Anna Dewdney wrote with a deceptive brilliance that spoke to parents and children alike.
Hungry City
Snacks of Nepal Are a High Point at Woodside Cafe in Queens
By LIGAYA MISHAN
A family started out with Italian food, then turned to the dishes of its Himalayan homeland.
An Artist’s Haunting Fantasy of the Paris Opera Ballet
By ISABEL WILKINSON
Alex Prager’s “La Grande Sortie” comprises both film and her trademark eerie crowd photographs.
A Giant Art Installation With 250 Plants — and Live Jazz
By GAY GASSMANN
Rashid Johnson’s much-anticipated new show incorporates a giant sculpture created with greenery, lights, video — and a pianist performing inside.
1 World Trade Center Gains Popularity in the Pantheon of New York Kitsch
By DAVID W. DUNLAP and TODD HEISLER
On postcards and other merchandise, the Manhattan skyscraper is approaching the ubiquity the twin towers used to have in popular depictions of the city.
Living In
Westfield, N.J., Where Small Town Meets Urban
By JILL P. CAPUZZO
A Union County town with characteristics often associated with urban living: a vibrant downtown and cultural scene, and good transportation options.
My Space
A Tour of the Architect Reinaldo Leandro’s Manhattan Living Room
By STEVEN KURUTZ
The architect trains his exacting eye on his own cozy, light-filled apartment.
An Iconic Graphic Designer on His Process
By KAT HERRIMAN
Karel Martens, a legend in his native Netherlands, annotates a handful of his signature prints on the occasion of his first stateside show.
‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke
By HIROKO TABUCHI
“Coal rollers” alter their diesel trucks so they spew thick black smoke, sometimes in the direction of joggers, cyclists and hybrid cars.
Pet City
The Miniature Donkey Therapy Meet-up
By ANDY NEWMAN
Members of a group in upstate New York spend time with miniature donkeys, looking to gain confidence or a sense of calm.
Album | Mark Hartman
Sunbathed Portraits at Coney Island
By KERRI MacDONALD
The portrait series “Island” features images by Mark Hartman, who walks the same route along the beach nearly every day, snapping photos along the way.
What I Love
Life With the Legendary Zeckendorfs
By DAN SHAW
The widow of the developer William Zeckendorf Jr. reflects on the family that shaped the Manhattan skyline.
How Do You Throw a Birthday Party When a Child Is Homeless?
By KJ DELL’ANTONIA
For families that can’t afford necessities, birthdays are a luxury. Several charities are stepping in to help.
Neighborhood Joint
For the Sake of Art: Risk and Reward at 2,000 Degrees
By GLORIA DAWSON
UrbanGlass in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, gives glass blowers access to the space and expensive equipment they need to practice their craft.
Nathan Lyons, Influential Photographer and Advocate of the Art, Dies at 86
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Not only was Mr. Lyons known for his photographic work, he was an organizer who helped lay the foundations of contemporary photography as an art form.
A Day at the Park With Fashion’s Favorite Girl Skateboarders
By KAT HERRIMAN
T spent a morning with the real-life all-female crew that stars in — and inspired — Miu Miu’s latest dreamy “Women’s Tales” short film.
At Tsion Cafe in Harlem, Food From Ethiopia via Israel
By LIGAYA MISHAN
Vegetable stews share the menu with less traditional dishes, like eggs and lox on injera, a crepe-like flatbread.
An Icon of Modernist Architecture — Covered in Polka Dots
By ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS
A new site-specific work wraps Philip Johnson’s Glass House in Connecticut in Yayoi Kusama’s signature bright spots.
Scene City
Experimental Arts on Fire Island, and Music in the Hamptons
By DENNY LEE
The Boffo Fire Island Performance Festival returns to the Pines, and VH1 Save the Music hosts a benefit.
Marc Riboud, Photojournalist Who Found Grace in the Turbulent, Dies at 93
By RICHARD B. WOODWARD
A protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mr. Riboud routinely traveled to restive places throughout Asia and Africa in the 1950s and ’60s as part of his decades-long career.
Living In
Riverside, Conn.: Coastal Beauty for a Price
By LISA PREVOST
Riverside is really two Greenwich, Conn., neighborhoods when it comes to home prices.
Vintage, Unpublished Photos — and Memories — of Kate Moss and Madonna
By ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS
Peter Lindbergh reflects on his four-decade career, and shares images never published before their inclusion in his weighty upcoming book.
A New Shop for Artful, Imaginative Dining
By SU WU
An online store’s collection of unconventional designs defy the “normal rules of usability” — to encourage diners to slowly savor what they eat.
U.S. Open Today: Venus Williams Fights Off Upset Bid
By NAILA-JEAN MEYERS
Here’s what’s happening, and what’s going to happen, at the United States Open on Tuesday.
Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’
By DANIEL LEWIS
Mr. Wilder’s neurotic comic persona added a special edge to numerous hits, including “Blazing Saddles” and “Stir Crazy.”
Trucking on the PGA Tour, With 72,000 Pounds of Equipment
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Club makers’ technicians drive heavy trucks that are equal parts workshop, clubhouse and rock ’n’ roll tour bus to tour events nationwide.
The Plain-Jane Hamptons
By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER
The boldface, gilt-edge Hamptons are to the east of the Shinnecock Canal. But some buyers are refusing to cross over.
What I Love
Katie Couric on Why House Hunting Is Like Dating
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
When the news anchor first saw her East Hampton, N.Y., house, she knew it was the one.
The Battle of Brooklyn: A Loss That Helped Win the Revolution
By JAMES BARRON
An exhibition at the Old Stone House in Brooklyn celebrates the clash, also known as the Battle of Long Island, which spared General Washington from capture.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A curated walk through the hallways of the newest Smithsonian museum before it opens next week. 13 years in the making, it attempts to depict the pain and pride of the black experience in America.
Olympic Bodies: Can You Guess Their Sport?
Members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams shed some clothing — whatever they thought was appropriate — to let you try to guess their sport.
A Look Back at the Greatest
Muhammad Ali, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion, was among the most controversial and charismatic sports figures of the 20th century.
Pope Francis’ Visit to America, in Pictures
Photographs of the pope’s first trip to the United States, as Catholics and non-Catholics alike will navigate crowds in three cities to catch a glimpse of the “people’s pope.”
Two Weeks in New York
By JOHN BRANCH
Behind the scenes of Serena Williams’s historic Grand Slam bid — and ultimate collapse.
Desperate Crossing
By SCOTT ANDERSON and PAOLO PELLEGRIN
For 733 migrants crammed aboard two tiny boats somewhere between Libya and Italy, a leaky hull was neither the beginning nor the end of their troubles.
Francis in America
A Gift to New York, in Time for the Pope
Pope Francis, the fourth pontiff to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, will find it brighter, cleaner and in better repair than it has been for decades.
10 Years After Katrina
The New Orleans of 2015 has been altered, and not just by nature. In some ways, it is booming as never before. In others, it is returning to pre-Katrina realities of poverty and violence, but with a new sense of dislocation for many, too.
Illuminating North Korea
Photographs by DAVID GUTTENFELDER
A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world’s least-known places and brings back pictures of a country that is defined for many by mystery and war.
Photographs of Earthquake Devastation in Nepal
When Nepal was hit with a powerful earthquake the tremor shattered lives, landmarks and the very landscape of the country. The scope of the disaster in photographs.
Your Contribution to the California Drought
By LARRY BUCHANAN, JOSH KELLER and HAEYOUN PARK
The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there.
Foot Soldiers
Photographs by CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH
Finding unexpected beauty in the hands of shoe shiners.
Rosetta Follows a Comet Through Perihelion
By JONATHAN CORUM
The Rosetta spacecraft is following Comet 67P/C-G as it makes its closest approach to the sun.
2014 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Movies, Music, Books, Clothes & More
The best present ideas, selected by Times experts, to make shopping easy this season.
Braving Ebola
Photographs by DANIEL BEREHULAK
The men and women of one Ebola clinic in rural Liberia reflect on life inside the gates.
Images of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
For nine days, waves of pro-democracy protests engulfed Hong Kong, swelling at times to tens of thousands of people and raising tensions with Beijing.
Forty Portraits in Forty Years
Photographs by NICHOLAS NIXON
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.
Photo Essay
The Women of West Point
Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets.
The Peculiar Soul of Georgia
Photographs by ALEC SOTH
A journey through the state, featuring Jimmy Carter, Civil War re-enactors and newborn Cabbage Patch Kids.
A View of Ground Zero
Photographs by BEDEL SAGET
A panoramic view of the progress at the new World Trade Center site exactly 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Outcry and Confrontation in Ferguson
Scenes of sorrow and violence in a Missouri town after an unarmed black teenager was shot by a police officer.
Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza
By JEREMY ASHKENAS, ARCHIE TSE, TIM WALLACE, DEREK WATKINS and KAREN YOURISH
The damage to Gaza’s infrastructure from the current conflict is already more severe than the destruction caused by either of the last two Gaza wars.
First Fires: The Fears and Rewards
The Times asked firefighters to submit their first fire experiences on City Room. Read a selection of those stories.
The Toll in Gaza and Israel, Day by Day
By KAREN YOURISH and JOSH KELLER
The daily tally of rocket attacks, airstrikes and deaths in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
A Changing Landscape
The reporter Damien Cave and the photographer Todd Heisler traveled up Interstate 35, from Laredo, Tex., to Duluth, Minn., chronicling how the middle of America is being changed by immigration.
The War to End All Wars? Hardly. But It Did Change Them Forever.
By STEVEN ERLANGER
World War I destroyed kings, kaisers, czars and sultans; it demolished empires; it introduced chemical weapons; it brought millions of women into the work force.
Hopes of a Generation Ride on Indian Vote
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Despite a period of rising incomes, a tide of economic discontent helped make Narendra Modi the prime minister-elect.
Chernobyl: Capping a Catastrophe
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
A 32,000-ton arch that will end up costing $1.5 billion is being built in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to all but eliminate the risk of further contamination at the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion.
50 Years After the New York World’s Fair, Recalling a Vision of the Future
By LIZ ROBBINS
Fairgoers share memories of family outings and moments of inspiration at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
Surviving the Finish Line
Runners, spectators and volunteers who were at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded reflect on how their lives have been affected. Here are their stories of transformation.
Honoring Mandela
Nelson Mandela’s death spurred an international outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration.
Quiz
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer the questions to see your personal dialect map.
Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan’s Wrath
Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall.
Mapping the Destruction 
The Real Mayors of New York
By EMILY S. RUEB and KIRK SEMPLE
Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.
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