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A Landmark, but No Longer a Refuge for the Homeless

Librado Romero/The New York Times West Park Presbyterian Church, which was designated a landmark on Tuesday, now has heavy black metal gates in front of its four doorways, effectively halting its tradition as a refuge for the homeless. The West Park ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, NYT: City Room,  13 Jan 2010
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Department of Homeless Services,  Landmarks Preservation Commission

Take a Taste, or a Big Bite, of Luxury

In any economy, an afternoon spent in the sumptuous boutiques on Madison and Fifth Avenues would feel decadent. But this year a trip to the city’s most rarefied retail corridor might make even your credit-card company nervous. Not to worry. Look for ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  19 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Emanuel Ungaro

A Taste, or Even a Big Bite, of Luxury

Julie Glassberg/The New York Times Perfume on display at Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue at 58th Street. In any economy, an afternoon spent in the sumptuous boutiques on Madison and Fifth Avenues would feel decadent. But this year, a trip to the ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  17 Dec 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Local Stop | Madison and Fifth: Take a Taste, or a Big Bite, of Luxury

In any economy, an afternoon spent in the sumptuous boutiques on Madison and Fifth Avenues would feel decadent. But this year a trip to the city’s most rarefied retail corridor might make even your credit-card company nervous. Not to worry. Look for ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  17 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Emanuel Ungaro

Urbanhound, After 10 Years, Shuts Down

A decade is a long time in dog years, and in Web years, too. And so, on Wednesday, Urbanhound, a site conceived as “the city dog’s ultimate survival guide” at the peak of the dot-com frenzy, announced that it had run its course after 10 years and was ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Vanity Fair

Urbanhound

A few of the dogs who were featured as a “Hound of the Moment” on Urbanhound. A decade is a long time in dog years, and in Web years, too. And so, on Wednesday, a site that was conceived as “the city dog’s ultimate survival guide” at the peak of the ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, NYT: City Room,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Vanity Fair,  Cindy Adams,  New York Post

What You're Reading on the Subway

Some of the more popular books read on the train. Complete results » Last week, we asked this question: What was the last thing you read during your subway commute? The answer, collected from more than 8,100 responses, was that you are reading widely ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: David Foster Wallace,  Julia Child,  Jean Nouvel

Reading Underground

THE middle-aged woman with the black cardigan around her shoulders had assumed a meticulously calibrated posture: feet shoulder-width apart, arms slightly bent, fists loosely clenched, muscles relaxed yet alert. Complete our survey and watch for the ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Open & Shut: Chronicle of a Changing City

CINEMA NOLITA, an independent video rental store, opened in a little nook on Elizabeth Street in 2002; I discovered it right after signing a lease on a studio around the corner and joined Member No. 912 before I’d even moved in. The selections were ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND AND MICHAEL WILSON, The New York Times,  1 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Netflix

I'm a Pepper, You're a Pepper, Stuff a Pepper

In the new series, the photographer Richard Perry scours the five boroughs for the Made in New York label. Sam Roberts examines the new system in place for school board elections. People will vote -- online -- in home, schools and libraries. Will it ...

From ALEXIS MAINLAND, The New York Times,  19 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Sam Roberts,  Airbus

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