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When Feeding Is Also Puppeteering

The Bronx Zoo’s baby king vulture gets its lunch from a bird on the hand. By Christopher Bonanos

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This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings

I found a sneaky gem in Bed-Stuy. By Nora DeLigter

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Actor Danny Strong Is Selling an Emery Roth Condo in the West Village

Strong, also known for creating Empire and Dopesick, didn’t bother to hide his acting awards. By Adriane Quinlan

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street fights There’s Traffic-Cone Drama on Vanderbilt Avenue Organizers behind the strip’s popular Open Street say they are getting stiffed on equipment. The city says otherwise. By Matthew Sedacca

unicorns A Fashion Executive’s Secret Garden in Crown Heights With a two-story interior to match. By Adriane Quinlan

tariffs How to Tell a Client Their Yoga Gazebo Just Got $10,000 More Expensive Navigating the tariffs on high-end renovation projects. By Will Peischel

street fights The Battle Over Harry Macklowe’s $32 Million Hamptons House May Soon Be Over After “basically making his own beach,” the developer is trying to make amends — and sell the house. By Kim Velsey

unicorns A Fashion Executive’s Secret Garden in Crown Heights With a two-story interior to match. By Adriane Quinlan

tariffs How to Tell a Client Their Yoga Gazebo Just Got $10,000 More Expensive Navigating the tariffs on high-end renovation projects. By Will Peischel

On The Market

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under a million A Clinton Hill One-Bed With Arched Windows for $750K

buy it for the architecture A Modernist House in the Hamptons That Is ‘Kind of a Mystery’

under a million A Lower East Side Two-Bedroom With 7 Closets for $850,000

Best of New York

Cityscape

street view A Greener, Wilder Central Park Pool and Skating Rink The Davis Center is a major upgrade to the park’s northern end. By Justin Davidson
street view Public Space Has Become Earbud Space When Lorde pulls off her headphones in her New York–centric new music video, it’s a reminder that we can too. By Justin Davidson
locations Where Was That in Lorde’s ‘What Was That’? From Sutton Place to Washington Square Park, her jumpy route around Manhattan’s East Side. By Christopher Bonanos
street view Where Is Our Post-Car City? We need to be building it all right now. Instead, we’re stuck in traffic. By Justin Davidson
look book The Look Book Goes to the WNBA Draft At the Shed in Hudson Yards, top players stopped to chat minutes after learning which team they’ll be with next season. gallery By Jeremy Rellosa and Zoe Papelis

look book When did you know you wanted to be in the WNBA? It’s been in my head since I picked up a basketball. My brothers and I used to play in the yard every day and night. Our neighbor used to call my mom and say, “They need to stop.” That’s how hard we went. I made it here today, and I’m so proud. The Look Book Goes to the WNBA Draft

Design Hunting

why this looks like that The Designer Inspired by Bees and Her Grandmother’s African Combs Brianna Love wants to show wood furniture can be more fun than plastic. By Nora Taylor
great rooms A Giant Williamsburg Loft for Tiny Concerts Two musicians live in a former shoe-polish factory where they host the occasional performance by friends. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms A Dispatch From Milan’s Annual Furniture Fair The world’s biggest design showcase featured on-site installations in historic palazzos, private apartments, and an abandoned factory. By Wendy Goodman
design edit A Bar in Amalfi Coast Colors, Paloma Wool’s New Store, and More Design Finds Plus toothy wall sconces at Allen Street Gallery. By Morgan Meier

The Real Estate

operators Everything We Know About the Case(s) Against the Alexander Brothers In the latest lawsuit, a Jane Doe accuses Oren Alexander of assaulting her at the actor Michael B. Jordan’s home in 2015. By Bridget Read
supertall tales Did 432 Park Hide Its Cracks? After alleging a slew of issues in a previous suit, owners now claim Harry Macklowe and CIM Group ignored warnings about the tower’s concrete façade. By Matthew Sedacca
amenity wars Which Pool Would You Pick? The options right now range from an in-ground in Carroll Gardens to a Bill Ackman-approved penthouse in Chelsea. By Matthew Sedacca
tariffs Too Rich for Tariffs New York City’s luxury buyers aren’t rattled by Trumpov’s erratic economic orders. Long Island, on the other hand … By Kim Velsey
celebrity real estate Bethenny Frankel Is Selling Her Greenwich House The Real Housewife, who’s also house hunting in Florida, is asking $8 million in an off-market listing. By Adriane Quinlan