Ian Volner
Articles
Reportage
The organizers behind Los Angeles’s latest Olympics run seem content with standing still.
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Shortcut
In New York, you can connect anything with anything, so long as you have the right connections.
Observations on New York’s sky-high columbaria of burnt money
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Shortcut
Indoor public pools in this city range from Roman-style grottoes to the merely grotesque.
Review
An exhibition devoted to the experimental French architect Claude Parent strikes a balance between his tough-minded seriousness and inspired lunacy.
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Address A Building
There may be no other block in Manhattan that comes so close to Tim Burton’s Gotham.
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Dispatches
5/11
And Introducing…
Upper East Side —
“It’s like an endurance test,” she said. “If you made it through, we’ll give you a badge.”
1/27
Turned Out in Black
COOPER SQUARE —
“When we speak of friends we’ve lost, we speak inevitably of ourselves.”
8/24/23
High House
EAST HAMPTONS —
“It’s like a prison,” Renfro said. “A really pretty prison.”
Mentions
Review
Unlike the trains now operating at austerity levels of service, Moynihan Train Hall has arrived exactly on time, ready to uplift.
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Events
7 Feb
⬤
Book Talk
6:00 p.m. EST
Feb 7, 2024
NY