Edition: U.S. / Global

The City

Her Tales of the City: Young Women and the Metropolis
Juliette Borda

Her Walls Were Alive With the Sound of Music

By LIZ McDANIEL

Even the most heartfelt affection can wane with overexposure. The opera man on the other side of the wall is one example.

The Boiler That Broke Her Heart

By DAPHNE UVILLER

An absence of warm coziness met her when she opened the door after a night out. She was 23 and the super of a co-op.

Farm Girl Saves Pigeon at Nonfat Cafe

By SARAH SHEY

With the mention of Iowa, her home state, it was over for her before it began. Then came the day she taught city dwellers a lesson about pigeons.

What the Doorman Sees

By VALERIA LUISELLI

Among those of us who rush through the streets of this neighborhood, only the doorman remains a free thinker and more.

Double Take in the Dairy Aisle

By JENNIFER MASCIA

She spotted that certain cheese. It was official. Her neighborhood had been gentrified.

Parallel Lives

By CAROLINE H. DWORIN

They are Manhattan twins. Yin and yang. Born under the same sign, ruled by the same management company.

New York Observed

Soul Train

By ROXANA ROBINSON

When you’re listening to the music of the subways, it’s easy to forget where you are and where you’re going. And you don’t even care.

The City Visible

The Woman in Red

By DANA MEILIJSON

Each city has its own pace but she has found a way to keep New York speed under control.

Multimedia

Dispatches

A Bar — a Bar! — Where the Pub Used to Be

By JAKE MOONEY

What was Mooney’s Pub, which closed in a rent dispute last June, is now Sharlene’s Bar.

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Slide Show
The City Visible
Pauses for Effect

"Everyday Interruptions," a series of self-portraits by Dana Meilijson.

Slide Show
A Little Traveling Music

The photographer Eirini Vourloumis captured subterranean performers at work.

Dining and Wine
Good Eating | Greenwich Village

Bountiful Neighborhood

Compiled by KRIS ENSMINGER

East, West or in between, no other part of the city has a richer crop of restaurants than Greenwich Village.

The Times Close Up
The Times's Sam Roberts

An inside look at the stories that affect New Yorkers. Saturdays at 10 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. on NY1 News. This weekend, host Sam Roberts talks with Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis.

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In the Region
Homeowners on the Edge
Foreclosures on the Rise

Mortgage defaults are on the rise, in New Jersey and around the New York region, especially where subprime loans were heavily marketed.