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The Group Portrait
the group portrait
Feb. 1, 2023
To Dream of Pickleball City
The sport’s die-hard fans are fighting for courts they can call their own.
By
Bindu Bansinath
the group portrait
Jan. 18, 2023
The Mammoth Bone Hunters of the East River
“We were looking for the big boys and the small stuff, too,” says one fossil hunter. “Any kind of bones.”
By
Matt Stieb
the group portrait
Nov. 9, 2022
The Embattled Women of the FDNY
The FDNY’s first woman commissioner puts its gender gap in relief.
By
Nia Prater
the group portrait
Sept. 28, 2022
The New Worker-Owners of Astor Wines & Spirits
Astor’s employees will be even more integrated with a store that was already an anchor of the neighborhood.
By
Nia Prater
the group portrait
Sept. 14, 2022
The Elite Gymnasts of Gowanus
How a husband-and-wife team turned New York into an unlikely source of sporting talent.
By
Bindu Bansinath
the group portrait
Aug. 31, 2022
Among the Van Lifers in Brooklyn
In a dead-end waterfront street known as Van Alley, a makeshift neighborhood grows.
By
Paula Aceves
the group portrait
July 30, 2022
Shark Spotters
Looking for what lurks off New York’s beaches.
By
James D. Walsh
the group portrait
July 20, 2022
The Weed Merchants of Washington Square Park
“We try to keep this very professional, seven days a week, as a business.”
By
Victoria Bekiempis
the group portrait
June 8, 2022
The Talented Security Guards of the Met
They’re enforcers, tour guides, artists.
By
Clio Chang
the group portrait
May 10, 2022
The Back-to-the-Office Gang
How Henry Kravis and other New York chief executives are urging employees back to their desks.
By
Jen Wieczner
the group portrait
Apr. 25, 2022
Amazon Labor Union’s Next Big Test
Organizers are angling for a second historic victory.
By
Sarah Jones
the group portrait
Apr. 11, 2022
A Basquiat Family Reunion
The artist’s sisters have put on an exhibition of his work to remind the world where he came from — and have a party.
By
Carl Swanson
the group portrait
Mar. 15, 2022
The Bike Brigade on Three-Borough Sunday ‘Ride Out’
“People see us two ways. Either
Oh, wow, these talented guys wheelie-ing!
Or
Come on, get out of the way
!”
By
Brock Colyar
the group portrait
Feb. 16, 2022
Plunging Into the Atlantic With Coney Island’s Ice Patrol
These winter bathers have been swimming (and shivering) for decades. They swear they enjoy it.
By
Joe DeLessio
the group portrait
Feb. 2, 2022
Inside an Accidental Trans Enclave in East Williamsburg
“Here was a chaotic set of trans people who could model how to live a happy life in a terrible world.”
By
P. E. Moskowitz
the group portrait
Jan. 5, 2022
For the First Time, New York City Has a Majority-Women City Council
“We’re going to do things that the city hasn’t seen before.”
By
Valeria Ricciulli
the group portrait
Dec. 22, 2021
Yeshiva University’s Basketball Team Can’t Stop Winning
How the Maccabees became the hottest squad in the NCAA.
By
Joe DeLessio
the group portrait
Nov. 8, 2021
What the NYC Taxi Drivers on a Hunger Strike Won
“It’s a beautiful victory — both the destination and the journey.”
By
Errol Louis
the group portrait
Oct. 27, 2021
The Nation’s Best High-School Debaters
The Bronx Science Speech & Debate Team’s varsity captains are helping defend its No. 1 title.
By
Jackson McHenry
the group portrait
Oct. 13, 2021
The New York Real-Estate Agents Turned TikTok Stars
Viral dances have nothing on apartment walk-throughs and neighborhood in-jokes.
By
Kim Velsey
the group portrait
Sept. 29, 2021
P.S. 705’s Welcome Committee
The teachers who turned the school-drop-off line into a shindig.
By
Jane Starr Drinkard
the group portrait
Aug. 28, 2021
The U.S. Open’s Longest-Tenured Ball Boys
At court with the most senior ball-lobbers and towel-profferers in tennis.
By
Jane Starr Drinkard
the group portrait
Aug. 5, 2021
New York Public Library’s Human Search Engines
“One thing that historians learned this year is that digitization can never replace the archives.”
By
Christopher Bonanos
the group portrait
June 9, 2021
The Lower East Side Seniors Who Organized Their Own T’ai Chi Class
“T’ai chi helps with memory,” one says. “It’s important, at our age, to keep our minds alert.”
By
Valeria Ricciulli
the group portrait
May 10, 2021
How the Oldest Family-Run Business in Chinatown Keeps the Lights On
“Throughout the COVID year, we had a half a dozen family members here every day. It’s our family living room.”
By
Diana Budds
the group portrait
Dec. 23, 2020
Los Deliveristas Unidos, the Essential Workers of Takeout
Organizing the delivery workers who keep much of the city fed.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
the group portrait
Nov. 25, 2020
The Remaining Rockettes on Their Spectacular-less Christmas
“Our kick lines look the same, but we are doing them socially distanced.”
By
Matthew Schneier