Posts published in “New York City”

The High End: Sharing an Apartment With Strangers A high-rise development in Long Island City hopes to replace the Craigslist room share. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Sunday Routine: How Dr. Eric Kandel, Neuroscientist, Spends His Sundays The Columbia University professor likes to exercise and be with his wife of 60 years, Dr. Denise Kandel, also a professor at Columbia. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

An Auschwitz Magician’s Greatest Trick: Holding the Horrors at Bay A Holocaust survivor recalls his bunkmate in Auschwitz, a magician known as the Great Nivelli, who inspired a play currently running in Times Square. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Character Study: Take It From a 93-Year-Old Yogi: Stretch, Hold and Laugh Ronnie Arond learned her yoga at a Y.M.C.A. and her jokes in the Catskills. She uses both in teaching yoga classes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

The Death and Life of Jersey City The downtown boom, visible in the new night-life scene along Newark Avenue, poses a threat to the urban pioneers from the city’s grittier days. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

The Broken Promises of Choice in New York City Schools The city’s high school admissions process was supposed to give every student a real chance to attend a good school. But 14 years in, it has not delivered. {$excerpt:n} Source:…

Ex-Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Running Online Escort Service The officer, Michael Rizzi, ran BJM, a high-priced service that charged as much as $2,000 an hour for its wealthy clients. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Trump Is Returning to New York for His First Visit as President The president’s stay on Thursday, expected to be just hours long and largely behind closed doors, is nonetheless weighted in meaning for many. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

New York Today: New York Today: Preparing for President Trump Thursday: President Trump’s return, Star Wars Day, and a hometown hero. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Trump and Turnbull, 2 Expressive Leaders, Seek to Rebuild U.S.-Australia Ties After a rocky first phone call, President Trump and Malcolm Turnbull, the prime minister of Australia, have worked to put that encounter behind them. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

The Hunt: From Renter to Owner, and Still Firmly Planted in Harlem Brooke Ray got over her aversion to co-ops when she found a two-bedroom unit in a well-maintained Central Harlem building with a gym. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Frieze New York Presents Global, Cutting-Edge Art Some 200 galleries will show important modern and contemporary works at the fair, with solo shows for promising artists in the Frame section. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Frieze New York Adds More Blue-Chip 20th-Century Art This year’s fair will include curated combinations of contemporary and older works, and explore connections between established and emerging artists. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Metropolitan Diary: A Common Word, but Not a Common Name An explanation for why a student did not respond when attendance was being taken at a Brooklyn high school in the 1940s. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times