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Sunday, January 19, 2014

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G.O.P. Advice for Christie: Pick a Better Team

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, with his wife, Mary Pat, was in Florida on Saturday for a fund-raising trip.
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Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, with his wife, Mary Pat, was in Florida on Saturday for a fund-raising trip.

Republicans around the country are offering pointed advice, sobering in its candor, for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, after his top aides were linked to the Fort Lee scandal.

Mayor of Hoboken Says Hurricane Relief Was Threatened

A swing through Florida was no escape for Gov. Chris Christie as protesters hounded him, a State House ally rebuked his office and a mayor accused his administration of intimidation.

The architects Ricardo Scofidio and Liz Diller, left, urged razing the American Folk Art Museum building, which was designed by another architect duo, their longtime friends Billie Tsien and Tod Williams, right.
Left, Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times; right, Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

The architects Ricardo Scofidio and Liz Diller, left, urged razing the American Folk Art Museum building, which was designed by another architect duo, their longtime friends Billie Tsien and Tod Williams, right.

Since the architects Ricardo Scofidio and Elizabeth Diller recommended razing the site of the former American Folk Art Museum, designed by another well-known pair, the friendship of the four has come under stress.

Metropolitan | The New York Times
Industry City is a 16-building complex covering six million square feet.
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Industry City is a 16-building complex covering six million square feet.

A 30-acre complex in Brooklyn had been a hub for artists, but change in the form of gentrification and high rents is forcing out dozens of them.

A man who identified himself only as Jacob, an apparent regular visitor to the carriage horses outside Central Park, sharing a tender moment with a horse waiting for a fare.
Damon Winter/The New York Times

A man who identified himself only as Jacob, an apparent regular visitor to the carriage horses outside Central Park, sharing a tender moment with a horse waiting for a fare.

In the fight over the future of the city’s carriage horse trade, two sides say they want what is best for the animals.

Neighborhood Joint | Greenwich Village

The Sweet Smell of Longevity at McNulty’s

McNulty’s Tea & Coffee, founded in 1895, has lured customers with its wafting scents, a cheap, nearly irresistible advertising strategy.

Sunday Routine | Dennis Thomas

Shepherding the Coney Island Polar Bear Club

Dennis Thomas, the president of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, goes for a swim in the morning and spends the rest of the day trying to warm up.

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An App for Cultural Goings-On in New York City

CultureCraver lists cultural offerings in a way that feels familiar and knowledgeable.

At the Table

Eating Pig’s Head (Terrine), Talking Nascar

Colleagues at Ogilvy & Mather tucked into lunch at a meat-and-beer place at the new Gotham West Market, happy to have new options near the office.

More News in the Region

De Blasio Picks Mark Peters, a Former Prosecutor, to Oversee Investigations

Bill de Blasio nominated Mark G. Peters, a respected former civil rights lawyer who worked as his campaign treasurer, for the top position at the city’s Department of Investigation.

Remembering Amiri Baraka With Politics and Poetry

Thousands of people attended funeral services for Mr. Baraka, the poet and playwright who helped forge the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and who died Jan. 9.

Arts in the Region
Arts Review | Westchester

Calling It Art, Not ‘Native American Art’

In “Decolonizing the Exhibition,” it is almost impossible to tell who made some of the artworks from either the style or the content.

Arts | Long Island

Both Ends of a Sculpture Spectrum

A sculpture exhibition, at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, displays traditional statues and busts in one room and abstract forms and assemblages in another.

Arts Review | New Jersey

Painting With Words, Writing With Color

Dahlia Elsayed’s exhibition culled a decade’s worth of work, expressing the beauty she experienced in her everyday life.

Arts | Connecticut

The Set and Its Designer, Ming Cho Lee, Take Center Stage

More than 90 models, sketches and images on display at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven show how Ming Cho Lee sets up new worlds for actors.

Dining in the Region
Dining Review | Westchester and New Jersey

Small Plates Redolent of Both Sides of the Pyrenees

Opened about six months ago, Alain’s Wine & Tapas offers small plates of Spanish food, many of which have a French influence.

Dining Review | Long Island

A Shout-Out to Family on the Menu

It is clear at Eric’s Italian Bistro that George Echeverria has a following; many of the diners he greets are apparently regulars.

Dining Review | Connecticut

A Bistro Sparing Few Details

À Vert, whose owners visited restaurants in France for inspiration on design, emphasizes standard French dishes that are deceptively-labor intensive.

Big City
A Tabloid Bashing, and a Lost Job With the Mayor

Lis Smith, a young political operative, seemed to be an obvious choice for a post in City Hall — until the news media learned about her relationship with Eliot Spitzer.

Clothier Outfits New York’s Clergy and Judges in Robes

Marvin Goldman, 85, has been dressing clergy members and judges most of his life. One nice thing about his clientele, he said, was “getting paid is no problem.”

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Live-In Superintendents Create Basement Sanctuaries

Some live-in superintendents have taken to decorating the basements of their buildings with knickknacks, some of which were left behind by departing tenants.

The Week in Pictures for Jan. 17

Subjects include Gov. Chris Christie at the State of the State address, a water main break on Fifth Avenue, and a vaporium in Lower Manhattan.

From the Magazine

Technology Is Not Driving Us Apart After All

It turns out, we may be more social than we were 30 years ago — at least in public spaces.

Look

Tough Sledding

New Yorkers take snowy rides on skateboards, lunch trays, sheet metal and more.

Around New York

You’ve Got Another Chance, Broadway

Jason Robert Brown’s moment could very well be 2014: His “Bridges of Madison County” opens on Broadway next month; his “Honeymoon in Vegas” is up next; and a film of his show “The Last Five Years” is being made.

Lost in the Gallery-Industrial Complex

Most every aspect of the art world has been affected by high-priced galleries and collectors with deep pockets.

Vocations

Orchestrating the Orecchiette

A pasta chef at a Manhattan restaurant works alone on the night shift, and loves the lack of distractions.

Living in Rowayton, Conn.

Where Norwalk and Darien Collide

A 1.4-square-mile coastal village in Norwalk where the most coveted homes are near the village center, on the water, or in a beach association.

Why Renters Renovate

As the market softens in Manhattan, some landlords will negotiate with renters who want to make changes.

Streetscapes

An Exploratory Stroll Up Park Avenue

The historic district proposed between 79th and 96th Streets has some people yawning.

Exclusive | 165 East 73rd Street

Long on Horsepower

A two-story carriage house has remained in the same family for 110 years, once serving as a stable.

Big Deal

Adding Penthouses for Profit

Designing penthouse additions to affix atop buildings helps conversion make economic sense.

The Neediest Cases

After Cancer, Tour Guide Plans Next Destination

Edicson Valderrama, who has traveled the world chaperoning fellow sojourners, fell behind on his bills when he was sidelined by cancer. He now hopes to start a school for aspiring guides.

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