100 Years of Grandeur
By SAM ROBERTS
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
TRACES OF THE CROWD The main concourse, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.
Grand Central Terminal, opened a century ago next month, was the dream
of a little-known engineer whose vision helped shape New York City and
the modern imagination.
Librado Romero/The New York Times
DOUBLE LIFE Yves Deshommes’s home in Brooklyn is full of Haitian art that he sells to raise money for charity.
Manhattan Concierge Runs a Foundation to Help Haiti
By CELIA McGEE
Yves Deshommes, who works for a Manhattan office building, also runs a
foundation to help struggling Haitians in the rural area of
Bas-Citronniers.
Character Study
At Home With Millions of Books
By COREY KILGANNON
Ben McFall has managed the Strand Book Store’s fiction section for 35
years, and customers go to him not just for his prodigious knowledge of
titles, but also for relationship advice.
Sunday Routine | Jeffrey Sachs
Reveling in the Rites of the City
By JOHN LELAND
When the economist Jeffrey Sachs has a Sunday at home, he turns his focus to indigenous Gotham rites, like navigating Zabar’s.
At the Table | LIC Market
For a Father-Daughter Date, Black Truffles
By LIZ ROBBINS
LIC Market in Long Island City, Queens, is the setting for a rare family
lunch, with Italian truffles drowning neither the meal nor the
customer’s wallet.
App City
A Movie a Day, Without Going Broke
By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN
Just in time for the Academy Awards, MoviePass is offering a
subscription service that is like an unlimited MetroCard for movie
theaters.
Neighborhood Joint | West Village
For Making Impressions of Anything
By REBECCA FLINT MARX
Little wooden blocks, grouped in categories, fill almost every inch of the Ink Pad, founded by Anna Chiang.
F.Y.I.
Answers to Questions About New York
By MICHAEL POLLAK
Questions about bikes in Times Square, a city bus driver’s ride to Florida and the history of the term “dead line.”
More News in the Region
Godmother’s Boyfriend Charged in Death of Long Island Boy
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Prosecutors say a 31-year-old man punched a 4-year-old two times for refusing to take a nap, lacerating his liver.
Arts in the Region
Arts | Westchester
Excoriating the Apathy That Aided the Nazis
By SYLVIANE GOLD
“Cartoonists Against the Holocaust,” an exhibition at New Rochelle High
School, takes aim at politicians in London and Washington who did little
or nothing.
Arts | Connecticut
Art With a Knack for Leaving a Wrong Impression
By TAMMY LA GORCE
According to Robert Storr, curator of “Katz X Katz,” there is a radical
social vision in Alex Katz’s work, but it is so calm and cool people
miss it.
Arts | Long Island
European Modernism, as Told by Americans
By MARTHA SCHWENDENER
A show at the Heckscher Museum of Art commemorates the centennial of
Manhattan’s 1913 Armory Show that introduced European modernism to the
United States.
Arts | New Jersey
To Raise the Curtain, Pulling Together
By MICHAEL SOMMERS
Dozens of plays will be staged in New Jersey in coming months, and
sometimes cooperation between theater companies helps to transform an
idea into a reality.
Dining in the Region
Westchester Dining | White Plains
More Than Pub Fare on an Ambitious Menu
By EMILY DeNITTO
The executive chef at BUtterfield 8, in White Plains, wants the restaurant to be known for more than the drinks.
Connecticut Dining | Bristol
Atmosphere, Craft Beer and Spicy Pub Food
By CHRISTOPHER BROOKS
Barley Vine, which opened in October, has a fine selection of beers
served alongside deviled eggs, porter chili and wood-fired house pizza,
among other cheap eats.
Long Island Dining | Oceanside
Mix of East and West in Hot and Cold Tapas
By JOANNE STARKEY
Unique, a restaurant that opened in Oceanside two months ago, serves
lobster tacos, creamy mushroom soup and sushi rolls from a varied menu
of small plates.
New Jersey Dining | Clifton
Italian-Style Snacks, a Change From Chains
By SCOTT VEALE
Spuntino Wine Bar and Italian Tapas is owned by a company that operates
some Applebee’s and Chevys franchises, but it does not have a
chain-restaurant ambience.
January 19, 2013
Gun Rights Advocates Rally in Albany
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Demonstrators outside the Capitol in Albany denounce recent legislation that expanded the state's ban on assault weapons.
January 18, 2013
Attention Bus Riders: Special Blue Light Is Ending
By ANDY NEWMAN
The flashing lights that make Select Bus Service buses stand out have
long prompted complaints, and now the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority says they will be turned off.
January 18, 2013
The Week in Pictures for Jan. 18
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Subjects include a chess club in Harlem, the city's school bus drivers'
strike, and the continuing struggle for businesses in Red Hook.
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Big City
Judging Mayor Koch’s AIDS Record, Whispers Aside
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
History has inadequately afforded Edward I. Koch, who served as New York
mayor as the AIDS crisis worsened, a judgment of his responses to it
that is divorced from questions about his sexuality.
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