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The History of the Modern Office in One Building

 The old MetLife complex on Madison Square, once a hive of paper-pushing clerks, gains a tall addition that’s all light and air. By Justin Davidson
  1. Can We Design Our Way Out of the Subway-Surfing Crisis? New trains make it much harder to climb out and up, and that’s yet another reason to upgrade.
    By Nolan Hicks
  2. The Look Book Goes to the New York Scottish Ball Dozens of Scots — and those who love them — gathered in Battery Park for an evening of whiskey and reels in full Highland dress.
    By Emily Leibert and Jeremy Rellosa
  3. We’re Finally Getting Some Real Rain So is the drought warning over?
    By Clio Chang
  4. The Black Hole on Columbia Heights An Italianate mansion mysteriously left to rot on Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights block.
    By Bridget Read
  5. My Monster Tenant He moved into our Noho loft — then tore out most of the interior walls. Turns out it wasn’t his first impromptu demolition.
    By Suzanne Seggerman
  6. The Upper West Side’s Zone of Pedestrian Death The area around 96th Street is dangerous. And it’s hardly the worst in town.
    By Justin Davidson
  7. ‘New York City Will Have to Defend a Lot of Programs We Rely On’ What housing here might look like under a second Trump administration.
    By Kim Velsey
  8. Now the Wildfires Are Burning Here That smell in the air is from brush fires in Prospect Park and the Palisades.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  9. The Reddening of New York City How the boroughs voted may surprise you.
    By Clio Chang
  10. Watching New York Watch the Election From Trump Tower to a Chelsea art gallery, here’s where the city gathered and waited.
    By Curbed Staff
  11. What Am I Supposed to Do During This Drought Watch? Your dry-spell questions, answered.
    By Clio Chang
  12. Concrete Behemoths in the Morning Light Owen Davies’s photographs of beige brutalism find beauty in these divisive landmarks.
    By Christopher Bonanos and Owen Davies
  13. The Look Book Goes to the Grindr Pleasure Ball The theme was “Flirts, Follies, and Finery,” and a Georgian-era dress code was strictly enforced by hosts Billy Porter and Frankie Sharp.
    By Emily Leibert
  14. I Am Already in Couch Hell Amazon’s $20 sofa will make it worse.
    By Bridget Read
  15. Feral Cats Have Taken Over Donald Trump’s Childhood Home Neighbors say the house looks abandoned, and the yard smells like a litter box.
    By Nick Fraccaro
  16. Mary Norris Eavesdropped on Ella Fitzgerald at the Algonquin The grande dame of The New Yorker’s copy desk about her early days in the city and trying to get her cabbie’s license to make rent.
    By Clio Chang
  17. The Look Book Goes to a College Fair At the NYPL’s annual event, local high-schoolers met with representatives from Sarah Lawrence, Barnard, Fordham, and more to explore their options.
    By Emily Leibert
  18. The Bed-Stuy Aquarium Dried Up And all the fish are dead.
    By Clio Chang
  19. The Vessel, Newly Closed-In, Is Open Again Safer, surely, but still as dumb an attraction as ever.
    By Justin Davidson
  20. Trying to Get Mom and Dad to Move Out of Florida The New Yorkers fighting their retiree parents about leaving hurricane zones behind for good.
    By Will Peischel
  21. It’ll Be a Whole New Fifth Avenue More trees, wider sidewalks, and fewer cars.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  22. When You Can’t Escape ‘Empire State of Mind’ The Jay-Z and Alicia Keys track is 15 years old — and playing on a continuous, maddening loop for people who work in Times Square.
    By Max Cea
  23. Why Do Concert Halls Still Matter? An antique architectural form that continues to resonate.
    By Justin Davidson
  24. The Look Book Goes to ¡VAYA! Dance Night at Lincoln Center Regulars flooded into the monthly Latin-music night for the return of charanga band Orquesta Broadway.
    By Emily Leibert
  25. New Jersey Sells Itself to the World The Garden State is trying to attract tourists from Dublin to Munich. What do they think once they arrive?
    By Will Peischel
  26. The World’s Largest Plumbing Repair New York City’s principal water-supply aqueduct gets a bypass operation.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  27. Joby the Electric Helicopter Wants to Take You to JFK At some point in the future. If it can get FAA certification.
    By Clio Chang
  28. Do I Need to Panic About the Longshoremen Strike? We talked to an expert about supply chains, consumer behavior, and bananas.
    By Kim Velsey
  29. Mapping the Many Raids of Adams World Federal agents have spent a lot of time searching the homes and offices of our mayor and his administration. Let’s take a tour.
    By Clio Chang
  30. The Two Paul Rudolphs The Met’s retrospective reveals the architect’s vision and optimism — and his supreme arrogance.
    By Justin Davidson
  31. Rat Birth Control Is Happening The City Council voted in favor of a pilot to try to control the rodent population with contraceptives.
    By Clio Chang
  32. E-Scooters Have Divided Suburban Queens Some residents and politicians call them “woke transport.” Others are happily riding them to the 7 train.
    By Clio Chang
  33. The Eavesdropper Goes to City Hall on Indictment Day We hustled downtown — stopping by the City Council and the offices of federal prosecutors, too — to hear what people are saying about the mayor.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  34. The Turkish Consulate at the Center of the Eric Adams Investigation Prosecutors say the mayor used his influence to speed up the opening of the building for Erdogan’s visit.
    By Kim Velsey
  35. The Grand Hotels of the Eric Adams Indictment The mayor really seemed to like the Istanbul St. Regis.
    By Clio Chang
  36. The Look Book Goes to the Armory Show Opening Party Ahead of the art fair at the Javits Center, artists, gallerists, and collectors gathered at the National Arts Club to celebrate.
    By Emily Leibert
  37. Jonquel Jones Showed Up at the Wrong Brooklyn Apartment on Moving Day The New York Liberty power forward on adjusting to high-rise living and getting recognized in Fort Greene Park.
    By Clio Chang
  38. Rumaan Alam Moved to New York With a Bottle of Acqua di Giò and $300 The novelist on his early years scrimping in New York, even after getting a job at Condé Nast.
    By Clio Chang
  39. The Look Book Goes to a White-Coat Ceremony Newly minted students at Weill Cornell Medical College recently gathered for a rite of passage: receiving their white coats from the faculty.
    By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  40. East Hampton’s Zero Bond Outpost Has Closed After a summer of 911 calls and controversy, the restaurant’s one-season lease at the Hedges Inn was not extended
    By Stephanie Krikorian
  41. Larry Silverstein Outlasted Everyone There’s a lot of see-I-was-right-ness in his new memoir about rebuilding the World Trade Center — and often he was.
    By Justin Davidson
  42. In the Shack With Robert Caro The Power Broker is turning 50. His final LBJ book is almost — well, he won’t say exactly, but he’s trying for 900 words a day.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  43. Pete Davidson and Colin Jost’s Ferry Goes to Fashion Week Its first gig is for Tommy Hilfiger.
    By Clio Chang
  44. Some Chump Drilled a Hole Through the Top of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel It was closed all afternoon.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  45. Listening In at Columbia’s First Day Back A heavy police presence and a lot of grumbling about the lines.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  46. How to Make Six Figures By Reporting Idling Trucks New York created a program that let citizens earn money by reporting polluters. Then it went to war with them.
    By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi
  47. The Hoopla Over Ho-Hum A neighboring town challenged Bellport Village residents’ exclusive access to a Fire Island beach. The villagers aren’t having it.
    By Bridget Read
  48. Park Avenue’s Park Is Coming Back. Partially. Eventually. Restoring part of a gracious streetscape that we once ceded to cars.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  49. Richard Kind Used to Sublet to Jon Stewart The actor, joining ‘Only Murders in the Building’ this season, talks about his early years in New York as a singing waiter and struggling actor.
    By Clio Chang
  50. Nothing But Balloons at the Park Avenue Armory The experience is weird, garish, imperfect, and somehow still fun.
    By Ian Volner
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