What’s That Smell? Rare Books and Artifacts From a 1906 Library A historical preservation project samples the varied aromas in the Morgan Library & Museum, one of the world’s most important rare-book collections. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York City”
Big Ticket: East Side Mansion Tops February Home Sales Manhattan’s luxury market saw a flow of activity in townhouses. Topping the list of sales was an East Side mansion owned by the investor Andrew L. Farkas. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
How Dominique Ansel, Inventor of the Cronut, Spends His Sundays The pastry chef tours new neighborhoods in his bakery’s minivan and finds time to hone his Taiwanese cooking skills. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Weather Limbo Friday: Return of the snowflakes, weekend events and a milestone at Gracie Mansion. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
F.Y.I.: In Times Square, Looking for Father Duffy A reader wonders where the namesake of a section of Times Square has gotten to. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Album: Next Stop, 1984: Scenes From the Subway The photographer Brian Young has compiled images of straphangers from that year in a new book. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Fit City: It’s Called Broomball. And, Yes, It’s Grueling. To visualize the sport, think hockey, but without the skates and with a lot more slipping and sliding. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Big City: Fighting for New York’s Homeless: What’s Fair? Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes shelters in the neighborhoods that homeless people come from. Council members say they should be distributed across the city. Cue showdown. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
A Mediterranean Escape on the Upper East Side Korali, with its fresh seafood, Greek olive oil, airy décor and cheerful customer base, makes for the perfect ode to a taverna. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
In Ken Ludwig’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express,’ a Dead Man and a Writer on the Rails Mr. Ludwig is bringing a famous Agatha Christie mystery to the stage at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
Jerry Birbach, Leader of Fight to Block Poor Tenants in Queens, Dies at 87 Mr. Birbach’s battle against a low-income housing project in Forest Hills in 1972 augured a white middle-class backlash to the liberal urban agenda and helped propel…
New York Today: New York Today: Treasures of Chambers Street Thursday: The city’s Municipal Archives, windy weather, and a women-only hotel. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Nature: An Imperiled, Hidden Orchid Waits Out the Cold Of the 10 orchid relatives still found within the New York City limits, only Goodyera pubescens, the downy rattlesnake plantain, stays green all year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New Jersey Area Rising Around Transit Hub Lacks One Thing: Its Hub In North Brunswick, new townhouses, restaurants and stores are being built along the nation’s busiest rail corridor. But no ground has been broken on the community’s promised train…
The Hunt: Two Bedrooms and a Terrace in Brooklyn Heights A Canadian couple started in Manhattan, but ended up in Brooklyn, after enduring multiple bidding wars. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times