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Cutting Through the Noise From Homer’s singing Sirens to Doctor Who’s sonic screwdriver, sound as a deadly weapon has long captivated our imagination. But have we overlooked its true dangers?

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a chronicle of rebuilding the World Trade Center, an ode to the Bronx, a look at Venice’s foremost geographer, and a Tchaikovsky biography


Open Book

Eyes on the City Evelyn Hofer’s photographs of New York, Paris, and Dublin offer a look at 1950s-and-1960s-era city life and its evocative street scenes

Downtown Bests

New Top Jewelry

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But First …

The View from Here The Olympic Village by the Seine provided city planners with a chance to create a new, socially equitable, and eco-friendly neighborhood

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Restaurant Life

Le Coucou Confidential From a New York City maître d’, an inside look into what critics mean for restaurants—and how owners steel themselves for the dreaded reviews

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The Look From Here

Baby Face Pricey serums and high-end night creams aren’t just for grown women anymore—meet the new consumers who are raiding the skin-care aisles

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Race to the Bottom


Adventures in Journalism: Part II

The Man in the White Suit Is Back With his pyrotechnic prose and clinical dissecting of social mores, Tom Wolfe was the pre-eminent chronicler of the United States in the late 20th century. Now, five years after his death, he’s back in the public eye

Crime and Punishment

The Man in the Lineup: Part IV Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in jail for a rape he didn’t commit. Nearly 40 years later comes a precisely calculated payback

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The Seasoned Traveler

Diplo The D.J., music producer, and frequent flier details his travel routine

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Paper Trail

The Longest Day In an exclusive excerpt from an upcoming history of The New York Times: how 9/11 tested the paper’s newsroom—and fueled a wildly successful transition online

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The Imperfect Ending

Geoffrey Mak The writer, critic, and chronicler of the wild side shares a few of his pet hates

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Close-up

Rachel Tabb The owner of RLT, a vintage boutique in West Hollywood, upholds Los Angeles’s reputation for used clothing, but adds sharp curation to the mix

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The Restaurant World

The Last Days of La Grenouille The once great Midtown shrine to formal French dining was finally put out of its misery after years of decline at the hands of Philippe Masson

The Picture of Health

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This week in American health: Democratic governors unite against an increasingly insane R.F.K. Jr.; Cheryl Hines and Olivia Nuzzi speak their truth; and more

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