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Will Train Daddy Finally Get Us High-Speed Rail?

Andy Byford is joining Amtrak to oversee the system’s high-speed network. By Alissa Walker

design edit

Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More Finds

Plus, Public Records’ new “living room.” By Diana Budds

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When Wealthy People Collide on the Slopes

A Vail instructor on Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial, the “skier’s code,” and keeping the peace on the powder. By Clio Chang

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getting around

Will Train Daddy Finally Get Us High-Speed Rail?
design edit

Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More Finds
getting around

When Wealthy People Collide on the Slopes
the approval matrix

RIP to Dollar Slices and Mike Pence’s Career
housing

Your Landlord Might Be a Baby

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best of new york The Best Nail Salons in New York For long-lasting gels, weak and damaged Nails, and more. By Arielle Avila

getting around Los Angeles’s Metro Is Using Classical Music as a Weapon The loud volume is part of the agency’s effort to push unhoused people off the system. By Alissa Walker

housing Your Landlord Might Be a Baby Parents are buying investment properties for their infants. By Molly Osberg

parks Pickleball Will Soon Swallow Central Park Whole From April to October, Wollman Rink will be taken over by 14 pickleball courts. By Clio Chang

best of new york The Best Nail Salons in New York For long-lasting gels, weak and damaged Nails, and more. By Arielle Avila

getting around Los Angeles’s Metro Is Using Classical Music as a Weapon The loud volume is part of the agency’s effort to push unhoused people off the system. By Alissa Walker

housing Your Landlord Might Be a Baby Parents are buying investment properties for their infants. By Molly Osberg

parks Pickleball Will Soon Swallow Central Park Whole From April to October, Wollman Rink will be taken over by 14 pickleball courts. By Clio Chang

On The Market

on the market The Wing’s Office (and Furniture) Is for Sale

celebrity real estate Jim Carrey’s Brentwood Mansion Is Filled With His Weird Art

on the market Please Be Careful With Steve Wynn’s Picassos

on the market The Most Hamptons House in the Hamptons Is for Sale

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Cityscape

parks Pickleball Will Soon Swallow Central Park Whole From April to October, Wollman Rink will be taken over by 14 pickleball courts. By Clio Chang
getting around Los Angeles’s Metro Is Using Classical Music as a Weapon The loud volume is part of the agency’s effort to push unhoused people off the system. By Alissa Walker
logo drop Why Is NYC’s New Tourism Logo Shouting at Me? It doesn’t say ‘Welcome,’ it yells “STOP.” By Steven Heller
out of order ‘The Floor Just Dropped and Then Started Bouncing’ Talking to someone inside One Vanderbilt when the 93-story midtown tower began to shake. By Clio Chang
housing crisis What Does the Mayor Have Against Windows? Natural daylight is not the enemy of affordable housing. By Alissa Walker

look book We heard there was a DSA choir? Yes. I was upset that they didn’t have time to sing “Solidarity Forever.” I know during the strike at the Hunts Point Produce Market, workers were playing Bad Bunny, but I do enjoy some classic 1900s Industrial Workers of the World bangers at the same time. The Look Book Goes to a Democratic-Socialist Convention

Design Hunting

design edit Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More Finds Plus, Public Records’ new “living room.” By Diana Budds
great rooms What Happens When an Architect Designs Their Own Family Getaway Two different upstate homes — one modern, one cozy. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms From a Decaying Bohemian Skylit Garret to a Modern Home Kay Lee and Jonathan Chong were beguiled by this Village walk-up owned by artists for decades. But then they had to live in it. By Wendy Goodman
workplaces Tom Sachs Promised a Fun Cult The sculptor likes to call his studio part of his art practice. Working there could often be scary. By Katy Schneider and Adriane Quinlan

The Real Estate

housing Your Landlord Might Be a Baby Parents are buying investment properties for their infants. By Molly Osberg
landmarks Who Wants to Buy the Flatiron Building? It goes up for auction today. Here’s what you could get for a couple hundred million. By Christopher Bonanos
the real estate Deals, Deals, Deals on Los Angeles Megamansions! Brokers are trying all kinds of gimmicks to beat an April 1 transfer tax on homes above $5 million. By Alissa Walker
upstate BjornQorn Opened a Skate Rink The space will also be a production facility for its nutritional-yeast-dusted offerings. By Clio Chang
who’s buying Darien, Connecticut, Bought an Island The town may build pickleball courts. By Clio Chang