Call it instinct, or a second sight: Graydon Carter claims he knows a reader when he sees one. While scanning the streets of Manhattan’s West Village this week, Mr. Carter said pointedly, “In this part of the city, you’ll have many more readers than nonreaders.” That may be why he chose a stretch of Hudson…
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For many parents and guardians, putting a child on a flight alone may seem terrifying. Belligerent passengers, delays, turbulence: All loom large in a caregiver’s imagination. Life sometimes leaves no other option. Hudson Crites, 17, of Marshall, Va., was 10 when he started flying unaccompanied to visit his father in Kansas and later Georgia, said…
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As soon as he stepped inside the East Village duplex 12 years ago, the theater director David Saint knew that it would be his next home. “I saw about 20 apartments while I was looking to buy, and this was the last one,” he said. “The minute I walked in, I knew.” What sold Mr.…
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I stepped off the platform at the gleaming new Maxcanú train station, eager to see the magnificent Maya archaeological site of Uxmal. All I needed was a taxi to take me there, a trip of about 30 miles away. There are no taxis, said the stationmaster, as we stood on the polished limestone floors of…
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At the architect Philip Johnson’s former estate in New Canaan, Conn., there has long been a Glass House and a Brick House. Now there’s also a Paper House. The Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s Paper Log House, to be exact. An exhibition of this simple, low-cost structure — designed in 1995 to house victims…
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Deborah Jennifer Yarchun was shocked when her friend swiped left on Benjamin Ernest Parr. “Why would you do that?” she asked of her friend’s rejection of Mr. Parr on the League, a dating app for ambitious people. She had been drawn to his photo. “He just looked so happy and kind,” Ms. Yarchun said. A…
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Deborah Jennifer Yarchun was shocked when her friend swiped left on Benjamin Ernest Parr. “Why would you do that?” she asked of her friend’s rejection of Mr. Parr on the League, a dating app for ambitious people. She had been drawn to his photo. “He just looked so happy and kind,” Ms. Yarchun said. A…
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Boarding a flight to Boston from Los Angeles in January 2018, Alex Zhou noticed a cute guy helping someone with their bag. The guy, Eddie Lin Kay, turned out to be her seatmate. She spent the flight with headphones on, watching “Merlin,” a TV show, on her iPad. Hours later, as the plane began its…
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Boarding a flight to Boston from Los Angeles in January 2018, Alex Zhou noticed a cute guy helping someone with their bag. The guy, Eddie Lin Kay, turned out to be her seatmate. She spent the flight with headphones on, watching “Merlin,” a TV show, on her iPad. Hours later, as the plane began its…
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Caroline Noel Franklin said that Kevin Knipple Wilkes had the softest lips when they first kissed in 1973. It proved true again 49 years later. “Every time I kiss this man it’s effervescent bubbles,” said Ms. Franklin, now 66. In 1971, she was among 20 girls joining 60 boys in the first coed freshman high…
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