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Real Estate
Fixing Central Park’s Bumpy Sidewalks
The sidewalks surrounding Central Park were designed to help you escape. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the landscape architects behind the landmark, proposed in their 1858 planning document to plant a plush line of trees to separate the ...
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Arts
This Novel Is So Bonkers, It Needs Three Narrators
“Same Bed Different Dreams,” Ed Park’s second novel, is a heady mix of true history and high-flying fiction.
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Arts
Shakespeare to Hit the Road While Central Park Theater Is Closed
The Delacorte is being renovated, so this summer will instead bring a mobile production and then a filmed play to outdoor sites in the city’s five boroughs.
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World
A Slushy, Snowy, Icy Mix
A nor’easter disrupted daily life across the Northeast on Tuesday, upending school and work commutes, as rain turned to a slushy mix and then to snow in many regions. Some parts of New England were braced for more snow than they were likely to get as ...
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World
In Overnight Sweep, Police in Berkeley Clear Protesters From People’s Park
The University of California, Berkeley, has been trying for years, against determined opposition, to build new student housing on part of the iconic property.
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World
America’s Truckers Face a Chronic Headache: Finding Parking
Parking spots for trucks are in short supply around the country, and the problem can lead to unsafe situations for long-haul truck drivers and other motorists.
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Business
What to Know About the Chaebol Families That Dominate South Korea’s Economy
Conglomerates that sprawl across the society trace their roots to the nation’s rise into a world power and have been tightly controlled for generations.
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World
Would You Pay $175,000 for a Luxury Bunker at the U.S. Open?
A new poll sent to previous luxury suite attendees tests the appetite for even more luxury options at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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World
Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone.
The iron monkeys with shackled wrists were mentioned in “The Power Broker,” which was published nearly 50 years ago, but had remained mounted in a Riverside Park playground until recently.
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World
Toxic Air Is No Reason to Stay Inside for Delhi’s Joggers and Yoga Fans
In India’s capital, skipping exercise and the social routines that often come with it is seen as worse than going out and breathing poison.
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