A Grave of Secrets is Dug in a Brooklyn Cemetery At this grave site, there will be no funeral, no body and no mourners — just slips of paper bearing confidences to be buried. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York City”
Sunday Routine: How the Creatures of the Wind Designers Spend Their Sundays Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters spend time working out, eating well and entertaining friends at home. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Renters: He Discovered the Secret to Living Rent-Free John McGill came to New York from Dublin in 1982, and for much of his time in the city he has paid rent with handyman skills, woodworking and art. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
Album: The ‘Quiet Moments’ of Waitresses at Work The photographer Melissa Breyer found herself drawn to the stories playing out behind the windows of restaurants. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens Decisions in a district in Upper Manhattan offer a look at a persistent problem in public education that, for now, is without a solution. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Big City: Baby-Making by Lottery Giving away costly reproductive treatments by the luck of the draw makes clear our Las Vegas-style culture of medicine, where you have to ante up for better care. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
The BBC Kids and Their Parents Are Back, in a Cartoon A video that tickled the globe has inspired a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, couple to pitch an animated series. So far it’s only on YouTube. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Saying a Final Goodbye to a New York City Firefighter William Tolley died in a fall while fighting a fire in Queens last week. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Design Destinations You Can’t Miss This Month Throughout May, the city’s galleries, showrooms, museums and trade fairs will host exhibitions, tours and conversations. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Amtrak Plans to Close Several Penn Station Tracks for Major Repairs The tracks will be closed during the workweek this summer, but the railroad’s chief executive refused to say how many tracks would be closed or for how long. {$excerpt:n}…
A Hardware Renaissance Grows in Brooklyn — and Elsewhere Technology, investors and entrepreneurs are behind a groundswell of innovation in hardware. A Brooklyn center dedicated to commercializing hardware start-ups shows the trend. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Op-Ed Contributors: Don’t Let the N.Y.P.D. Co-opt Body Cameras Any potential benefits are lost if we let the Police Department write the rules. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
F.Y.I.: Why the Brooklyn-Queens Border Is Full of Dead People Early on, that area was seen as an ideal spot for (theoretically) final resting places. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Do April Showers Really Bring May Flowers? Thursday: Unpacking an old saying, drizzly weather, and opening a new Kosciuszko Bridge. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Victim in Durst Case Revealed Damaging Secret, Film Producer Testifies Lynda Obst said her friend Susan Berman admitted to posing as Robert Durst’s missing wife in a phone call designed to mislead authorities. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times