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Saturday, February 4, 2017

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Daniel Weiss

In his first exhibition, the street photographer Daniel Weiss documents the kind of eccentric moments people in the city complain about going extinct.

Street Style: New York Fashion Week: Men’s

Our favorite looks shot between the men’s wear shows in New York.

The Fix

One Kitchen Done Three Ways

Planning a renovation? The first step might be to snoop on the neighbors.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Year of the Rooster

Galas for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, the New York Philharmonic, the Germanistic Society of America, and the National Cares Mentoring Movement.

Wheels

With a Saw and a Big Budget, Owners Transform Cars Into Convertibles

Automakers have pulled many convertible models, leaving lovers of top-down driving to find their own solutions.

Hungry City

Cajun, Far From Home, at the Gumbo Bros

In Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, two former roommates at Louisiana State University are trying to redress the city’s lack of gumbo.

My Space

A Tour of Ken Fulk’s Midcentury House in San Francisco

The exuberant designer, a favorite of Silicon Valley titans, believes great architecture can “lift you up.”

Living In

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: Diverse, Historic and Convenient

The neighborhood offers a mix of people and architectural styles, as well as easy access to Prospect Park and Manhattan.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Bella Hadid, Dianna Agron and Camille Rowe at Dior Party

Dior celebrated its new fragrance at the Manhattan hot spot Up & Down on Tuesday night.

Gatherings

Billy Reid’s Fashion Hootenanny Morphs Into a Dance Party

The Alabama-based designer plays the host on the first night of New York Fashion Week: Men’s.

Demonstrators in Streets, and at Airports, Protest Immigration Order

Across the country, protesters gathered in large numbers to voice their opinions on an executive order signed by President Trump that restricted entry into the U.S. for some Muslims.

Album

Sy Kattelson’s View of Postwar Street Life in New York

The photographer returned from the war and joined the Photo League, documenting the lives of lower-middle-class New Yorkers. Some of his work is on display in Manhattan.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Jazzy Winter Nights

Benefits were held last week for Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian, Winter Antiques Show and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What I Love

A Theater Actor Finds a Place for All His Props

For Max von Essen, owning an apartment in New York was the first step. Then came the furnishings and the renovations — one for every show.

Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80

Ms. Moore was best known as the spunky professional Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and as Laura Petrie, the wife of a comedy writer, on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”

How Mary Tyler Moore Changed Fashion

From a perky hat toss to jumpsuits fit for a fighter pilot, the character Mary Richards reflected the stylish trajectory of the working woman.

Street Style: Paris Couture

As the fashion season circles back eastward, a look at the street style seen during couture week in Paris.

Hungry City

Filipino Food With Subtlety, and a Splash of 7Up, at F.O.B.

A new restaurant in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, combines a grandmotherly vibe with dishes from a Daniel alum.

Living In

Piermont, N.Y.: A Small Place With Outsize Appeal

A village of less than a square mile, Piermont, N.Y., has a disproportionate number of spectacular geographical features — and city transplants.

London’s Vibrant Subcultures, Painted Over Four Decades

A new exhibition of Jo Brocklehurst’s art shows unseen portraits of cabaret artists, bohemians, New Romantics, punks, drag queens and fetish fans.

Quicken Loans, the New Mortgage Machine

The mortgage lender, like the big banks before it, has come under regulatory scrutiny. Its feisty founder, Dan Gilbert, is unfazed.

Donald Trump Is Sworn In as President, Capping His Swift Ascent

Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States after one of the most divisive election campaigns in modern times.

150 Years of Inaugural First Lady Ball Gowns

A photo look at first lady fashion, dating back to Mary Todd Lincoln’s gown in 1861.

Melania Trump, Wearing Ralph Lauren, Channels a Predecessor: Jacqueline Kennedy

The incoming first lady’s choice for the inauguration sent a message about embracing both the establishment and the office.

Exposures

‘A Republic, if You Can Keep It’

Photographing Washington the week before the inauguration.

Album

Photographing the Bike Life

David Dee Delgado has been photographing dirt bike riders who gather in the Bronx for daring stunts and group rides, all in the pursuit of brotherhood.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Raising Scholars and Glasses

Dinners were held for the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, the NRF Foundation and the Players Club.

A Trump Administration, With Obama Staff Members Filling In the Gaps

A chaotic transition process that cast aside Gov. Chris Christie’s blueprints has left the president-elect’s team scrambling to fill key posts.

Hungry City

A Mazelike Trail to Tibet at Lhasa Fast Food in Queens

Past the cellphone store and jewelry shops, a destination for dumplings and other Himalayan specialties in Jackson Heights.

Living In

Hudson Square: A Manhattan Bargain, and Quiet, Too

Industrial Hudson Square is being reinvented as a residential neighborhood — one that’s more or less affordable, for Lower Manhattan.

Martha Swope, 88, Who Etched Dance and Theater History in Photographs, Dies

Ms. Swope produced hundreds of thousands of images of performers in action, and by the time she retired, her studio contained more than a million images.

Hungry City

The Sound and Fury of Handmade Dough at Very Fresh Noodles

A northwestern China specialty is drawing crowds, sometimes demanding, to a stall in Chelsea Market.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Fireworks and Film

Galas and ceremonies were held for the Metropolitan Opera, Cinema Eye Honors and UJA-Federation of New York.

Obama, Saying Goodbye, Warns of Threats to National Unity

The president’s confidence was etched with frustration over economic inequity, racism and closed-mindedness that he said imperiled the nation’s democratic fabric.

Living In

Weehawken, N.J.: A Cliffside Town With an Easy Commute

Recent development on the waterfront — with striking views and appealing prices — is attracting those who work in New York City.

Neighborhood Joint

Pietro’s in Manhattan, the Last of the Steak Row Stalwarts

Possibly the last of the original chop houses on Steak Row, Pietro’s is a living monument to the era of the Mad Men power lunch.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Viola Davis, Ryan Reynolds and Tracee Ellis Ross Celebrate After the Golden Globe Awards

A bevy of after-parties hosted by InStyle, Warner Bros., Netflix and others were held at the Beverly Hilton.

Florida Airport Assailant May Have Heard Voices Urging Violence, Officials Say

Federal law enforcement officials identified the suspect in a shooting that left at least five dead as a 26-year-old former National Guardsmen.

Album

Photographing a Mixed Martial Arts Champion

Anthony Geathers has been photographing David Branch for three years, watching him and the sport take off.

Voyeur

Voyeur: Front Yards

Statues and holiday displays figure prominently in Astoria, Queens.

Party Coverage: Scene City

Coming Out for Debutantes

Forty-six young women were introduced to society at the 62nd International Debutante Ball, held on Dec. 29 at the Pierre Hotel in New York.

Living In

Gowanus: An Industrial Feel, With Restaurants and Bars

Developments are banking on the cleanup of the heavily polluted canal.

Nightclub Massacre in Istanbul Exposes Turkey’s Deepening Fault Lines

The attack on Sunday, which killed at least 39 people, targeted a symbol of a cosmopolitan Istanbul that is increasingly under threat.

Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens

The gunman was still at large after the mass shooting early Sunday in which dozens more were wounded, Turkish officials said.

In the Moment: Photographs From 2016

Rapping, painting and lion-hugging. Here’s a look back at what happened in the arts in the past year.

Album

A Communal Struggle on the Bus to Rikers

Photographs by Salvador Espinoza capture the friends and family members of inmates, on their way to New York City’s largest jail complex.

What I Love

David Burke, Celebrity Chef: Collector or Hoarder?

The owner of Tavern 62 by David Burke, on why he has 1,200 cookbooks and more art than he can display.

Debbie Reynolds, Wholesome Ingénue in 1950s Films, Dies at 84

Ms. Reynolds starred in “Singin’ in the Rain,” the classic MGM musical about 1920s moviemaking, in which she held her own with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor.

Sheep’s Milk Cheeses in U.S. Earn Ribbons but Little Profit

American makers are struggling, but help may be on the way.

The Best Street Style Looks of 2016

The most eye-catching looks from the annual fashion-show global circuit.

George Michael, Pop Superstar, Is Dead at 53

The duo Wham! cultivated the image of carefree teenage rebels. Then, in his solo career, Mr. Michael chose to set pop superficiality aside.

Living In

Mill Valley, Calif.: Widespread Charms and Excellent Schools

Close to nature and to San Francisco, Mill Valley has a competitive real estate market with low inventory and accordingly high prices.

Ukrainian Farmers, Poised for Growth, Stumble After E.U. Deal

The plight of the agricultural sector has come to encapsulate a wider disenchantment in the country with a trade agreement signed with the European Union.

Voyeur

Voyeur | Christmas Trees

A symbol of the season exerts a nostalgic pull.

The Fix

Tips for Your Post-Holiday Clutter Purge

Professional organizers offer advice for an orderly 2017.

Party Coverage: Scene City

‘The Nutcracker’ for the Holidays

Family-friendly toasts for the School of American Ballet and the New Victory Theater Family Benefit.

A Kentucky Ham Tradition Endures, From the Back of a Truck

While Freddie Bryant, 78, recuperates from surgery, a new generation carries on the annual sale of home-cured meats.

Living In

Black Rock: A Close-Knit, Harborside Connecticut Neighborhood

This peninsula in Bridgeport has homes that cost less than those in surrounding suburban neighborhoods on the water. But taxes are higher.

Party Coverage: Scene City

A ‘Fences’ Celebration, Missing August Wilson, the Guest of Honor

A star-studded party for the film comes 11 years after the death of the play’s author, August Wilson.

The Last Days of the Big Apple Circus

Vincent Tullo captured part of the final season of the nonprofit circus, which announced this year that it had run out of money and would not return.

A Roman to the Core, and the Core of Roma

Francesco Totti, a native Roman, has spent his entire career with A.S. Roma: 23 years and counting. He hopes to end his playing days in a Roma jersey.

Hungry City

At Pata Cafe, Few Ingredients but a Mélange of Thai Flavors

The restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens, serves food that tastes of gestures timeworn but never taken for granted.

Rodney Smith, Whimsical Photographer, Dies at 68

The people in his works often carried umbrellas and wore hats, or kissed atop taxi cabs. “I perceive my pictures as playing with time and space,” he said.

Restaurant Review

Top New York Restaurants of 2016

Our critic counts down his favorites among the new places he reviewed this year.

A Gingerbread City Guards Its Secrets

In Torun, Poland, the holiday cookie and its recipes are shrouded in mystery.

Pictures From Women’s Marches on Every Continent

Crowds in hundreds of cities around the world gathered Saturday in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington.

52 Places to Go in 2017

There are thousands of getaways to explore this year. Here are some ideas to get you started.

The Year in Pictures 2016

A selection of the year’s most riveting photographs.

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture

A curated walk through the hallways of the newest Smithsonian museum before it opens next week. 13 years in the making, it attempts to depict the pain and pride of the black experience in America.

Olympic Bodies: Can You Guess Their Sport?

Members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams shed some clothing — whatever they thought was appropriate — to let you try to guess their sport.

A Look Back at the Greatest

Muhammad Ali, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion, was among the most controversial and charismatic sports figures of the 20th century.

Pope Francis’ Visit to America, in Pictures

Photographs of the pope’s first trip to the United States, as Catholics and non-Catholics alike will navigate crowds in three cities to catch a glimpse of the “people’s pope.”

Two Weeks in New York

Behind the scenes of Serena Williams’s historic Grand Slam bid — and ultimate collapse.

Desperate Crossing

For 733 migrants crammed aboard two tiny boats somewhere between Libya and Italy, a leaky hull was neither the beginning nor the end of their troubles.

Francis in America
A Gift to New York, in Time for the Pope

Pope Francis, the fourth pontiff to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, will find it brighter, cleaner and in better repair than it has been for decades.

10 Years After Katrina

The New Orleans of 2015 has been altered, and not just by nature. In some ways, it is booming as never before. In others, it is returning to pre-Katrina realities of poverty and violence, but with a new sense of dislocation for many, too.

Illuminating North Korea

A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world’s least-known places and brings back pictures of a country that is defined for many by mystery and war.

Photographs of Earthquake Devastation in Nepal

When Nepal was hit with a powerful earthquake the tremor shattered lives, landmarks and the very landscape of the country. The scope of the disaster in photographs.

Your Contribution to the California Drought

The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there.

Foot Soldiers

Finding unexpected beauty in the hands of shoe shiners.

Rosetta Follows a Comet Through Perihelion

The Rosetta spacecraft is following Comet 67P/C-G as it makes its closest approach to the sun.

Braving Ebola

The men and women of one Ebola clinic in rural Liberia reflect on life inside the gates.

Images of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution

For nine days, waves of pro-democracy protests engulfed Hong Kong, swelling at times to tens of thousands of people and raising tensions with Beijing.

Forty Portraits in Forty Years

The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.

Photo Essay
The Women of West Point

Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets.

The Peculiar Soul of Georgia

A journey through the state, featuring Jimmy Carter, Civil War re-enactors and newborn Cabbage Patch Kids.

A View of Ground Zero

A panoramic view of the progress at the new World Trade Center site exactly 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Outcry and Confrontation in Ferguson

Scenes of sorrow and violence in a Missouri town after an unarmed black teenager was shot by a police officer.

Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza

The damage to Gaza’s infrastructure from the current conflict is already more severe than the destruction caused by either of the last two Gaza wars.

First Fires: The Fears and Rewards

The Times asked firefighters to submit their first fire experiences on City Room. Read a selection of those stories.

The Toll in Gaza and Israel, Day by Day

The daily tally of rocket attacks, airstrikes and deaths in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

A Changing Landscape

The reporter Damien Cave and the photographer Todd Heisler traveled up Interstate 35, from Laredo, Tex., to Duluth, Minn., chronicling how the middle of America is being changed by immigration.

The World’s Ball

An evolution, from 1930 to today.

Hopes of a Generation Ride on Indian Vote

Despite a period of rising incomes, a tide of economic discontent helped make Narendra Modi the prime minister-elect.

Chernobyl: Capping a Catastrophe

A 32,000-ton arch that will end up costing $1.5 billion is being built in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to all but eliminate the risk of further contamination at the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion.

50 Years After the New York World’s Fair, Recalling a Vision of the Future

Fairgoers share memories of family outings and moments of inspiration at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Surviving the Finish Line

Runners, spectators and volunteers who were at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded reflect on how their lives have been affected. Here are their stories of transformation.

Honoring Mandela

Nelson Mandela’s death spurred an international outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration.

Quiz
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer the questions to see your personal dialect map.

Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan’s Wrath

Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall.

The Real Mayors of New York

Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.

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