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How Hudson Yards Went From Bust to Boom
The planned neighborhood in the far west of Manhattan has rebounded, at least in terms of leasing office space.
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Rare Editions of Pushkin Are Vanishing From Libraries Around Europe
Dozens of books have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris. The police are looking into who is taking them, and why…
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His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent…
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Higher Home Values Mean Higher Taxes. Who’s Paying the Most?
Thanks to huge increases in values, with home sellers making double or triple what they paid, more sales are triggering…
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These Legs Were Made for Fashion
Vanessa Williams’s many ensembles in a music video for her new song, “Legs (Keep Dancing),” evoke her knack for portraying…
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Will Shoppers Ever Care About the Destruction of the Planet?
Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach.
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After a Breakup, Does an Ex Get to Stay on Your Grid?
Addressing the very 21st-century question of whether to archive or memorialize past relationships on your Instagram account.
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The Man Who Never Says No to Zendaya
Last March, Law Roach seemed to be at the peak of his career as a celebrity stylist. He had won…
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The Biden Campaign’s High-Powered Effort to Define R.F.K. Jr.
Pretty much every presidential election includes a smattering of third-party and independent candidates — minor players who have slim to…
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Gardens of Good and Evil
I’ve always thought of gardens as benign, even virtuous places. It wasn’t until the lockdowns of 2020 that the garden…