Paintings fade; sculptures chip. Art restorers have long known how to repair those material flaws, so the experience of looking at a Vermeer or a Rodin remains basically unchanged over time. But when creativity ... Read more
Paintings fade; sculptures chip. Art restorers have long known how to repair those material flaws, so the experience of looking at a Vermeer or a Rodin remains basically unchanged over time. But when creativity ... Read more
In mid-March, a waterline still marked the wall in the basement of the Robert Moses-era parks building at Beach 97th Street in Rockaway Beach, Queens. It was Hurricane Sandy’s calling card, a vestige of ... Read more
WEST, Tex. — Slowly, painfully, this town is rising from the ashes. West was devastated in more ways than one when a fertilizer plant exploded with earthshaking force on April 17, killing 14 ... Read more
DEL AIRE, Calif. — Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state’s postcard essence, symbols ... Read more
SARAH ANN, W.Va. — Standing on the back of an Appalachian hillside, Reo Hatfield fixed his gaze over the land of his infamous forebears, a scowl etched across his face. Before him, the ... Read more
PHILADELPHIA — A Victorian-era dye factory is taking on a new role to help this city’s troubled public school system attract and retain teachers. Two redbrick buildings in the ... Read more
POMPEII, Italy — Destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii survived excavation starting in the 18th century and has stoically borne the wear and tear of millions of modern-day ... Read more
BUFFALO — Among the dozen components of the Boy Scout Law, the eighth dictates that a scout be cheerful and look “for the bright side of life.” Among the scouts here belonging to Troop 2, that ... Read more
Senator Charles E. Schumer is urging New York City officials to make federal money available to homeowners who paid for their own repairs for damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. As part of the $51 ... Read more