Today’s Must-Have Amenity? A Little Green Space.

RockFarmer Properties put a similar emphasis on weaving landscaping into the heart of its new building, the Rowan, a 46-unit condo at 21-21 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, designed by the architecture firm DXA Studio, with the horticultural designer Patrick Cullina. There, residents returning home will pass through a street-side garden to a green-roofed, glass-walled…

A Star of ‘Reservation Dogs’ Breaks Barriers

Name: Paulina Alexis Age: 21 Hometown: Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Reserve, Alberta, Canada Currently Lives: A one-bedroom apartment in Edmonton, while her family home on the reservation is being renovated. Claim to Fame: Ms. Alexis is an Indigenous Canadian actress whose portrayal of Willie Jack on the FX dark comedy “Reservation Dogs” has garnered praise,…

A Match Made in Group Meditation

In September 2018, participants in a Yom Kippur meditation began to arrive in front of the Turtle Pond in Central Park. Daniel Bloch Jeydel introduced himself to Danielle Casey Bloch. “She had curls in her hair and big blue eyes, she was incredibly beautiful,” said Mr. Jeydel, 32, a graduate of N.Y.U. and the founder…

‘Electricity’ That Led to Love

Chris Baker was with a group of friends at a nightclub in Hollywood, Calif., over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2013, when he spotted John Federspiel smiling at him from across a crowded dance floor. But because of the venue — which was not a gay bar — he was unsure how to interpret the overture.…