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Obituary

  1. urban wildlife
    Pale Male, Fifth Avenue’s Beloved Hawk, Has DiedHe grew famous for nesting on — and then being evicted from and welcomed back to — a window lintel on Fifth Avenue opposite Central Park.
  2. remembrance
    George Lois, the Impossible Ad ManThe madman (but not a Mad Man, he was quick to tell you) behind Maypo, MTV, and Muhammad Ali’s Esquire cover has died at 91.
  3. remembrance
    Mike Davis Was RightAbout the fires in Malibu, the hostile approach to urban planning, the inequality crushing Los Angeles.
  4. obituary
    Remembering Ricardo Bofill, Architect of Otherworldly Social HousingHis buildings fill dystopic films, but function more colorful utopias for the residents who actually live in them.
  5. obituary
    Sheldon Silver Was Albany’s Foremost ‘No’ for DecadesHe spent nearly 40 years in the state assembly, and the past two in prison.
  6. obituary
    The Hostel Has Closed on NantucketThe Star of the Sea — a cheap place to be — has been purchased and, yes, kicked the bucket.