Wealth Matters
A Good Westminster Show Dog? It’ll Cost a Lot More Than Some Kibble
By PAUL SULLIVAN
When it comes to the time and expense associated with raising a show dog, let alone a Westminster award winner, the sky’s the limit.
Texas Oil Fields Rebound From Price Lull, but Jobs Are Left Behind
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
The industry is embracing technology, and finding new ways to pare the labor force. But as jobs go away, what of presidential promises to bring them back?
Multimillion-Dollar Manhattan Panoramas
By JULIE LASKY
The photographer behind “Vista Manhattan: Views From New York City’s Finest Residences” on what it’s like to shoot what most people never get to see.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Winter at the Waldorf
By DENNY LEE
Recent events included the Viennese Opera Ball, a gala for the Human Rights Campaign and the Black & White Panda Ball
Street Style: Best of New York Fashion Week
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Our favorite looks from a week of street style.
The Stars (and Stage Moms) of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
By JUDITH NEWMAN
Bathing, brushing and hugging are all in a day’s work for owners at the annual competition.
Hungry City
At Cafe Lily, the Korean-Uzbek Menu Evokes a Past Exodus
By LIGAYA MISHAN
A family restaurant in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, serves the pungent cooking of Koryo Saram, descendants of Koreans who were exiled to Central Asia.
Living In
Port Chester, N.Y.: Suburban, With a Bustling Downtown
By SUSAN HODARA
Since its revitalization began in 1999, the Westchester County village has added shopping and luxury housing, and crime is down.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford and the VFiles Crew Partied on Wednesday Night of Fashion Week
By JOANNA NIKAS
Marc Jacobs unveiled a new beauty line with Ms. Crawford’s 15-year-old daughter, and VFiles took over the downtown club S.O.B.’s
This Artist Just Gave Away Half a Million Dollars in Clothes
By STEVE DOOL
Bjarne Melgaard’s new multidisciplinary exhibition involves a drugged-up puppet, pigs wearing jewelry — and a designer-clothing free-for-all.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Zac Posen, Moncler and Baja East Partied on Tuesday Night of Fashion Week
By TAYLOR HARRIS
The fashion tribe celebrated Valentine’s Day with a cocktail party for Zac Posen, a caviar dinner for Moncler, and a loud party for Baja East.
What Cats Think of the Dog Show
By JOHN LELAND
Cats at Westminster? While some fur may have been ruffled and human hackles raised, the felines don’t seem to care.
Dogs and Cats Together. Hold the Mass Hysteria.
By KELLY WHITESIDE
For the first time, cats shared space — peacefully — with dogs at the Meet the Breeds event preceding the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Retiring
Goats, Alpacas and (of Course) a Hen: Life on a Hobby Farm
By VIVIAN MARINO
Retirees who want to stay active and productive — and indulge a passion — are setting up small farms around the country.
Album
New Jersey Baseball Prospects Take the Game Indoors
By JOE BRESCIA
Despite the weather, winter is prime baseball season in New Jersey, where professionals like Mike Trout train with younger players.
Voyeur
Voyeur: Fire Escapes
Photographs by GEORGE ETHEREDGE for THE NEW YORK TIMES
Fire escapes are an integral part of New York City’s streetscape.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Ladies Who Lunch
By DENNY LEE
Benefits and galas were held last week for: Woman’s Day, the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering, Waterkeeper Alliance and Lycée Français de New York.
What I Love
Barbara Barrie’s Loft in the Sky
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
A Broadway actress on what matters most at home: quiet and light. Mostly light.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Bella Hadid, Victor Cruz and Joan Smalls at Bergdorf and Rag & Bone Parties
By JOANNA NIKAS
New York Fashion Week kicks off with parties for Rag & Bone, and Bergdorf’s Nikelab.
Off the Runway: New York Fashion Week Day 1
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Moments from the shows of Brock Collection, Nicholas K, Desigual and Erin Fetherston on the first day of New York Fashion Week.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Scarlett Johannson, Donatella Versace and Naomi Campbell at Fashion Week Kick-Off
By TAYLOR HARRIS
amfAR held its annual gala at the start of New York Fashion Week.
Neighborhood Joint
Retro Roller Skating Under the Strobe Lights
By KAYA LATERMAN
RollerJam USA is the only indoor, year-round roller skating rink in New York.
Guardians of a Vast Lake, and a Refuge for Humanity
By PETER KUJAWINSKI
Great Bear Lake in Canada is the first Unesco Biosphere Reserve led by an indigenous community. They guard it as if it were the last hope for humanity. They may have a point.
Living In
Valley Stream, N.Y.: Neat, Clean and Safe
By KARIN LIPSON
The culturally diverse Long Island village on the edge of Queens offers an easy commute and a quiet place to come home to.
Fong Inn Too, a Chinatown Mainstay Since 1933, Closes Its Doors
By KARA CHIN
The store, the oldest family-owned tofu and noodle shop in New York, cites increasing competition, a shrinking customer base and a generational shift.
Scene City
Toasting an Art-Fashion Magazine, Started by a Yalie
By TAYLOR HARRIS
A sophisticated, late supper at Mr. Chow’s indicated just how far Out of Order had come since Dorian Grinspan founded it five years ago.
Spring Weather? Snowstorm? New York Schools to Close on Thursday
By ELI ROSENBERG and CHRISTOPHER MELE
Wednesday’s temperatures reached 62 degrees in New York City, but don’t get used to it. Up to 12 inches of snow could hit the region on Thursday.
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Patriots Mount a Comeback for the Ages to Win a Fifth Super Bowl
By BEN SHPIGEL
Tom Brady rallied the Patriots from a 28-3 deficit in the second half to defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the first Super Bowl to go into overtime.
Capturing Oddball New York, While It’s Still Around
By ALEX VADUKUL
In his first exhibition, the street photographer Daniel Weiss documents the kind of eccentric moments people in the city complain about going extinct.
Street Style: New York Fashion Week: Men’s
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Our favorite looks shot between the men’s wear shows in New York.
The Fix
One Kitchen Done Three Ways
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Planning a renovation? The first step might be to snoop on the neighbors.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Year of the Rooster
By DENNY LEE
Galas for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, the New York Philharmonic, the Germanistic Society of America, and the National Cares Mentoring Movement.
Wheels
With a Saw and a Big Budget, Owners Transform Cars Into Convertibles
By NEAL E. BOUDETTE
Automakers have pulled many convertible models, leaving lovers of top-down driving to find their own solutions.
Hungry City
Cajun, Far From Home, at the Gumbo Bros
By LIGAYA MISHAN
In Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, two former roommates at Louisiana State University are trying to redress the city’s lack of gumbo.
My Space
A Tour of Ken Fulk’s Midcentury House in San Francisco
By STEVEN KURUTZ
The exuberant designer, a favorite of Silicon Valley titans, believes great architecture can “lift you up.”
Living In
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: Diverse, Historic and Convenient
By JULIE BESONEN
The neighborhood offers a mix of people and architectural styles, as well as easy access to Prospect Park and Manhattan.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Bella Hadid, Dianna Agron and Camille Rowe at Dior Party
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Dior celebrated its new fragrance at the Manhattan hot spot Up & Down on Tuesday night.
Gatherings
Billy Reid’s Fashion Hootenanny Morphs Into a Dance Party
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
The Alabama-based designer plays the host on the first night of New York Fashion Week: Men’s.
Demonstrators in Streets, and at Airports, Protest Immigration Order
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI and NICHOLAS FANDOS
Across the country, protesters gathered in large numbers to voice their opinions on an executive order signed by President Trump that restricted entry into the U.S. for some Muslims.
Album
Sy Kattelson’s View of Postwar Street Life in New York
By JOHN LELAND
The photographer returned from the war and joined the Photo League, documenting the lives of lower-middle-class New Yorkers. Some of his work is on display in Manhattan.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Jazzy Winter Nights
By DENNY LEE
Benefits were held last week for Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian, Winter Antiques Show and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
What I Love
A Theater Actor Finds a Place for All His Props
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
For Max von Essen, owning an apartment in New York was the first step. Then came the furnishings and the renovations — one for every show.
Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Ms. Moore was best known as the spunky professional Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and as Laura Petrie, the wife of a comedy writer, on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
How Mary Tyler Moore Changed Fashion
By PENELOPE GREEN
From a perky hat toss to jumpsuits fit for a fighter pilot, the character Mary Richards reflected the stylish trajectory of the working woman.
Street Style: Paris Couture
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
As the fashion season circles back eastward, a look at the street style seen during couture week in Paris.
Hungry City
Filipino Food With Subtlety, and a Splash of 7Up, at F.O.B.
By LIGAYA MISHAN
A new restaurant in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, combines a grandmotherly vibe with dishes from a Daniel alum.
Living In
Piermont, N.Y.: A Small Place With Outsize Appeal
By JULIE LASKY
A village of less than a square mile, Piermont, N.Y., has a disproportionate number of spectacular geographical features — and city transplants.
London’s Vibrant Subcultures, Painted Over Four Decades
By HETTIE JUDAH
A new exhibition of Jo Brocklehurst’s art shows unseen portraits of cabaret artists, bohemians, New Romantics, punks, drag queens and fetish fans.
Quicken Loans, the New Mortgage Machine
By JULIE CRESWELL
The mortgage lender, like the big banks before it, has come under regulatory scrutiny. Its feisty founder, Dan Gilbert, is unfazed.
Donald Trump Is Sworn In as President, Capping His Swift Ascent
By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States after one of the most divisive election campaigns in modern times.
150 Years of Inaugural First Lady Ball Gowns
By JOANNA NIKAS
A photo look at first lady fashion, dating back to Mary Todd Lincoln’s gown in 1861.
Melania Trump, Wearing Ralph Lauren, Channels a Predecessor: Jacqueline Kennedy
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The incoming first lady’s choice for the inauguration sent a message about embracing both the establishment and the office.
Exposures
‘A Republic, if You Can Keep It’
By ASHLEY GILBERTSON
Photographing Washington the week before the inauguration.
Album
Photographing the Bike Life
By JOHN LELAND
David Dee Delgado has been photographing dirt bike riders who gather in the Bronx for daring stunts and group rides, all in the pursuit of brotherhood.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Raising Scholars and Glasses
By DENNY LEE
Dinners were held for the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, the NRF Foundation and the Players Club.
A Trump Administration, With Obama Staff Members Filling In the Gaps
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH
A chaotic transition process that cast aside Gov. Chris Christie’s blueprints has left the president-elect’s team scrambling to fill key posts.
Hungry City
A Mazelike Trail to Tibet at Lhasa Fast Food in Queens
By LIGAYA MISHAN
Past the cellphone store and jewelry shops, a destination for dumplings and other Himalayan specialties in Jackson Heights.
Living In
Hudson Square: A Manhattan Bargain, and Quiet, Too
By C.J. HUGHES
Industrial Hudson Square is being reinvented as a residential neighborhood — one that’s more or less affordable, for Lower Manhattan.
Martha Swope, 88, Who Etched Dance and Theater History in Photographs, Dies
By SYLVIANE GOLD
Ms. Swope produced hundreds of thousands of images of performers in action, and by the time she retired, her studio contained more than a million images.
Hungry City
The Sound and Fury of Handmade Dough at Very Fresh Noodles
By LIGAYA MISHAN
A northwestern China specialty is drawing crowds, sometimes demanding, to a stall in Chelsea Market.
Party Coverage: Scene City
Fireworks and Film
By DENNY LEE
Galas and ceremonies were held for the Metropolitan Opera, Cinema Eye Honors and UJA-Federation of New York.
Obama, Saying Goodbye, Warns of Threats to National Unity
By MARK LANDLER and JULIE BOSMAN
The president’s confidence was etched with frustration over economic inequity, racism and closed-mindedness that he said imperiled the nation’s democratic fabric.
Living In
Weehawken, N.J.: A Cliffside Town With an Easy Commute
By JILL P. CAPUZZO
Recent development on the waterfront — with striking views and appealing prices — is attracting those who work in New York City.
Pictures From Women’s Marches on Every Continent
Crowds in hundreds of cities around the world gathered Saturday in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington.
52 Places to Go in 2017
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
There are thousands of getaways to explore this year. Here are some ideas to get you started.
‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’
Photographs and Text by DANIEL BEREHULAK
Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A curated walk through the hallways of the newest Smithsonian museum before it opens next week. 13 years in the making, it attempts to depict the pain and pride of the black experience in America.
Olympic Bodies: Can You Guess Their Sport?
Members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams shed some clothing — whatever they thought was appropriate — to let you try to guess their sport.
A Look Back at the Greatest
Muhammad Ali, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion, was among the most controversial and charismatic sports figures of the 20th century.
Pope Francis’ Visit to America, in Pictures
Photographs of the pope’s first trip to the United States, as Catholics and non-Catholics alike will navigate crowds in three cities to catch a glimpse of the “people’s pope.”
Two Weeks in New York
By JOHN BRANCH
Behind the scenes of Serena Williams’s historic Grand Slam bid — and ultimate collapse.
Desperate Crossing
By SCOTT ANDERSON and PAOLO PELLEGRIN
For 733 migrants crammed aboard two tiny boats somewhere between Libya and Italy, a leaky hull was neither the beginning nor the end of their troubles.
Francis in America
A Gift to New York, in Time for the Pope
Pope Francis, the fourth pontiff to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, will find it brighter, cleaner and in better repair than it has been for decades.
10 Years After Katrina
The New Orleans of 2015 has been altered, and not just by nature. In some ways, it is booming as never before. In others, it is returning to pre-Katrina realities of poverty and violence, but with a new sense of dislocation for many, too.
Illuminating North Korea
Photographs by DAVID GUTTENFELDER
A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world’s least-known places and brings back pictures of a country that is defined for many by mystery and war.
Photographs of Earthquake Devastation in Nepal
When Nepal was hit with a powerful earthquake the tremor shattered lives, landmarks and the very landscape of the country. The scope of the disaster in photographs.
Your Contribution to the California Drought
By LARRY BUCHANAN, JOSH KELLER and HAEYOUN PARK
The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there.
Foot Soldiers
Photographs by CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH
Finding unexpected beauty in the hands of shoe shiners.
Rosetta Follows a Comet Through Perihelion
By JONATHAN CORUM
The Rosetta spacecraft is following Comet 67P/C-G as it makes its closest approach to the sun.
Braving Ebola
Photographs by DANIEL BEREHULAK
The men and women of one Ebola clinic in rural Liberia reflect on life inside the gates.
Images of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
For nine days, waves of pro-democracy protests engulfed Hong Kong, swelling at times to tens of thousands of people and raising tensions with Beijing.
Forty Portraits in Forty Years
Photographs by NICHOLAS NIXON
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.
Photo Essay
The Women of West Point
Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets.
The Peculiar Soul of Georgia
Photographs by ALEC SOTH
A journey through the state, featuring Jimmy Carter, Civil War re-enactors and newborn Cabbage Patch Kids.
A View of Ground Zero
Photographs by BEDEL SAGET
A panoramic view of the progress at the new World Trade Center site exactly 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Outcry and Confrontation in Ferguson
Scenes of sorrow and violence in a Missouri town after an unarmed black teenager was shot by a police officer.
Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza
By JEREMY ASHKENAS, ARCHIE TSE, TIM WALLACE, DEREK WATKINS and KAREN YOURISH
The damage to Gaza’s infrastructure from the current conflict is already more severe than the destruction caused by either of the last two Gaza wars.
First Fires: The Fears and Rewards
The Times asked firefighters to submit their first fire experiences on City Room. Read a selection of those stories.
The Toll in Gaza and Israel, Day by Day
By KAREN YOURISH and JOSH KELLER
The daily tally of rocket attacks, airstrikes and deaths in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
A Changing Landscape
The reporter Damien Cave and the photographer Todd Heisler traveled up Interstate 35, from Laredo, Tex., to Duluth, Minn., chronicling how the middle of America is being changed by immigration.
Hopes of a Generation Ride on Indian Vote
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Despite a period of rising incomes, a tide of economic discontent helped make Narendra Modi the prime minister-elect.
Chernobyl: Capping a Catastrophe
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
A 32,000-ton arch that will end up costing $1.5 billion is being built in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to all but eliminate the risk of further contamination at the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion.
50 Years After the New York World’s Fair, Recalling a Vision of the Future
By LIZ ROBBINS
Fairgoers share memories of family outings and moments of inspiration at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
Surviving the Finish Line
Runners, spectators and volunteers who were at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded reflect on how their lives have been affected. Here are their stories of transformation.
Honoring Mandela
Nelson Mandela’s death spurred an international outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration.
Quiz
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer the questions to see your personal dialect map.
Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan’s Wrath
Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall.
Mapping the Destruction 
The Real Mayors of New York
By EMILY S. RUEB and KIRK SEMPLE
Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.
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