• It’s General Sherman’s Time to Shine, but Not Too Much June 18, 2013
    The deteriorating equestrian statue of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in Grand Army Plaza on Fifth Avenue is about to receive a new coating of 23.75-karat gold leaf. […]
    By DAVID W. DUNLAP
  • A Fruit Vendor for 20 Minutes June 18, 2013
    Metropolitan Diary: A passer-by offered to help a pushcart man who needed a break, but wondered if he would ever return. […]
    By LUCIEN ROTHENSTEIN
  • Political Action From the Bike Lobby June 18, 2013
    A nascent group known as StreetsPAC plans to issue endorsements for candidates based on their positions on issues like bike policy and pedestrian safety. […]
    By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
  • Commute on L.I.R.R. Is a Mess June 18, 2013
    Monday night's derailment near Pennsylvania Station caused the cancellation or diversion of 34 trains Tuesday morning. […]
    By ANDY NEWMAN
  • Nowadays, Fewer Tears at Her AIDS Concerts June 17, 2013
    As the nature of AIDS has changed, so, too, have the concerts organized by Mimi Stern-Wolfe since 1990 in recognition of the disease and its costs. This year's show is Thursday. […]
    By JOHN LELAND
  • My First Wig June 17, 2013
    Metropolitan Diary: Seeking to cover up a bad haircut, a Brooklyn shopper forgot what buying one's first wig can mean to Orthodox Jewish women. […]
    By RACHEL AMENT
  • Lessons in Modern Witchcraft, Minus the Broomsticks June 16, 2013
    Students at the Wiccan Family Temple Academy of Pagan Studies -- "people with normal lives and normal jobs” -- can become high priests or priestesses through a three-year program. […]
    By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI
  • Ask a Transportation Officer June 15, 2013
    Next up in Metropolitan’s Q. and A. series is Pamela Elsey, 59, who as assistant chief transportation officer for New York City Transit plans whether and when your subway line will be repaired or improved. We're taking questions on City Room. […]
    By SARAH KRAMER
  • Unexpected Décor June 15, 2013
    In New York City’s five boroughs, the ebony spleenwort is most frequently found squeezing its roots into the mortar of abandoned forts, railroad trestles, bridges and the foundations of old buildings. […]
    By DAVE TAFT
  • Week in Pictures for June 14 June 14, 2013
    Watch a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a building implosion on Governors Island, pedestrians in the rain in Manhattan and an invasion of cicadas on Staten Island. […]
    By THE NEW YORK TIMES

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