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By THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
The magazine’s first-ever all-comics issue, with 12 tales of the city based on stories from The Times’s metro desk.
The magazine’s first-ever all-comics issue, with 12 tales of the city based on stories from The Times's metro desk.
By Kevin Huizenga
Every summer, some New Yorkers take up spots at their windows and spend their days watching the streets below. As drawn by Bill Bragg.
By Bill Bragg
Based on “Raising Sash for a View of the City's Daily Ballet,” by Andy Newman and Cassi Feldman.
The story of the small, precious, two-century-old monument tucked away in a corner of Riverside Park. As drawn by Robert G. Fresson.
By Robert G. Fresson
Based on “To the Memory of an Amiable Child,” by Corey Kilgannon.
A fortuneteller winds up costing a lovesick man a fortune. As drawn by Tillie Walden.
By Tillie Walden
Based on “A Manhattan Fortuneteller Cost Him Fortune After Fortune,” by Michael Wilson.
In the summer of 1991, New Yorkers flock to the Bronx’s Orchard Beach. As drawn by Wesley Allsbrook.
By Wesley Allsbrook
Based on “Orchard Beach Offers Slice of Paradise,” by David Gonzalez.
A Brooklyn neighborhood stops to search for a lost dog. As drawn by Bianca Bagnarelli.
By Bianca Bagnarelli
Based on “World (or at Least Brooklyn) Stops for Lost Dog,” by Andy Newman.
The last New Yorker killed on Sept. 11, 2001, was Henryk Siwiak — shot on a Brooklyn street, for reasons still unknown. As drawn by Sammy Harkham.
By Sammy Harkham
Based on “Killed on Sept. 11, 2001, but Destined to be Mourned Only Quietly, Only by a Few,” by Michael Wilson.
In Williamsburg, a low-energy intruder enjoys the pleasures of a high-tech home. As drawn by K. L. Ricks.
By K.L. Ricks
Based on “Low-Energy Intruder Hangs Out in a High-Tech Home,” by Michael Wilson.
After being forced to brick over his loft’s beautiful view of the Hudson River, a man devises a clever replacement. As drawn by Tom Gauld.
By Tom Gauld
This collaboration between the Metro Desk and the Magazine appears for the first time here.
On Sundays, men gather for a high-stakes battle: the singing competitions of the chestnut-bellied seed finch. As drawn by Andrew Rae.
By Andrew Rae
Based on “Tiny Birds, Big Drama: Inside the World of the Birdmen of Queens,” by Emily S. Rueb.
In 1942, Nazi saboteurs sneaked into New York and strolled through Midtown, waiting to launch a terror plot. As drawn by Francesco Francavilla.
By Francesco Francavilla
Based on “Terrorists Among Us (1942); Detecting the Enemy Wasn't Easy Then, Either,” by Andy Newman.
Two men (and a stack of counterfeit bills) head out for a big night in the Village. As drawn by David Mazzucchelli.
By David Mazzucchelli
Based on “A West Village Bar Crawl Leaves Behind a Trail of Counterfeit Green,” by Michael Wilson.
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piaow!
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coo!
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coo!
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coo!
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piaow!
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coo!
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master
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pollock!
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please
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come
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inside!
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dinner!
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grrr!
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master
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pollock!
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please
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dinner!
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st. claire?
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master
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pollack?
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there, sir!
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st. claire?
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pollack?
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st. claire?
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there, sir!
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Riverside, 1872
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wonder.
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Riverside, 1872
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ho! George,
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Hi! Keys are under the mat. Did you find them?
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SAM
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Did I already
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Yes lol
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Meg?
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omg a stranger broke into my apartment and
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wh—
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Sam, I’m so sorry
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NOO!
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Airborne foreign substance detected
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lol
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Meg?
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omg a stranger broke into my apartment and
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Hello, Sam.
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In 2012 Exxon Mobil sold the gas-station property. The new owners later announced plans for a nine-story condo tower.
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Dr. Sloan duly walled off his window. But he had another idea.
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I decided the next best thing to a real window would be a digital window.
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I gave up the conceit that this was a real window. It now just evokes a window, so that’s fine. It evokes the image that was lost.
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No one would mistake the view coming off the pixels of the monitor for the view coming off the river itself. Especially in the late afternoon, when the colors grow washed-out rather than glorious. As dusk falls, the image gets snowy.
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I have to adjust the settings.
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It is a sad fact of life and real estate that you cannot control what your neighbors do. One day you command a fourth-story view of the Hudson River out a window that fills your loft with sunshine and fresh breeze. The next day you’re staring at a brick wall.
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We thought that since Exxon Mobil owned the property and made nearly 40 billion dollars in profit that year, it was a safe bet that they would not need to sell it.
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The loft had a wall of north-facing windows. But the most direct view of the river was out a large west-facing window.
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Dr. Sloan’s north-facing windows were unaffected, but his west-facing window was right up against the property line, and he was ordered to brick it over.
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Dr. Sloan duly walled off his window. But he had another idea.
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I decided the next best thing to a real window would be a digital window.
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He mounted a wide-angle camera out a north-facing window and positioned it to take in a view as close as possible to the vanished one out the west window.
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Then he installed an 85-inch monitor where the west window used to be
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No one would mistake the view coming off the pixels of the monitor for the view coming off the river itself. Especially in the late afternoon, when the colors grow washed-out rather than glorious. As dusk falls, the image gets snowy.
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I have to adjust the settings.
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I gave up the conceit that this was a real window. It now just evokes a window, so that’s fine. It evokes the image that was lost.
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I’m very happy with it.
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But if you could, magically, in a world of alternative facts, go back to the real window, I would do so.
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Dr. Sloan has thought about things he could do to make the fake window more like a real window.
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I was toying with the idea of putting a fan behind it, to get a breeze for the window,
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But it’s too much trouble.
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Instead, he has found himself embracing the possibilities of artifice. Recently, Dr. Sloan has started Chromecasting college basketball games onto the window.
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I realized: 85-inch TV,
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Sundays are race days, though they’re really more like speed-singing contests.
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Sundays are race days, though they’re really more like speed-singing contests.
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There are two cages, each holding a male finch, hung on poles about an inch apart.
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The birdcalls are triggered by an instinctive desire to woo females and defend turf.
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The birdcalls are triggered by an instinctive desire to woo females and defend turf.
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There’s even more grandstanding from the handlers. Many are from Guyana, Trinidad,
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There’s even more grandstanding from the handlers. Many are from Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname of Brazil. They’ve brought the birds and the tournaments over with them. They’re vying for trophies, cash prizes and prestige.
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A champion can be worth as much as a car and carries even more cachet.
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It’s not co*ckfighting or anything, and these birds aren’t endangered. “So what’s the problem?” I hear you say.
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A champion can be worth as much as a car and carries even more cachet.
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It’s not co*ckfighting or anything, and these birds aren’t endangered. “So what’s the problem?” I hear you say.
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Well, transporting birds without the correct paperwork and under inhumane conditions violates the Lacey Act, which combats illegal trafficking in fauna and flora.
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Importing birds the legal way is complicated, and the handlers claim that the 30-day mandatory quarantine is stressful on the birds and undermines their training.
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They’re not the same after quarantine!
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Importing birds the legal way is complicated, and the handlers claim that the 30-day mandatory quarantine is stressful on the birds and undermines their training.
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They’re not the same after quarantine!
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Take “Bush,” for instance. He came over from Guyana in ’87 and began organizing competitions.
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He imports them from organized breeders in Brazil.
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He spends about $100 a week and about an hour every other day inspecting their feathers and toes, giving them seeds, liquid vitamins and water cups so they can shower.
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Like racehorses, they’re bred for their pedigrees.
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He spends about $100 a week and about an hour every other day inspecting their feathers and toes, giving them seeds, liquid vitamins and water cups so they can shower.
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He imports them from organized breeders in Brazil.
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But some smugglers sedate the finches with rum or keep them awake with spotlights before they’re lowered, wings pressed in a straightjacket position, into enclosure devices improvised from cardboard tubes or plastic hair curlers.
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Most of the guys don’t want to talk, because they have illegal birds. Mine are legit.
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Most of the guys don’t want to talk, because they have illegal birds. Mine are legit.
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I hope they’re not trying to prosecute all of us who are trying to do the right thing.
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But some smugglers sedate the finches with rum or keep them awake with spotlights before they’re lowered, wings pressed in a straightjacket position, into enclosure devices improvised from cardboard tubes or plastic hair curlers.
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In Guyana, the finches are sold at market for less than $5, but their value skyrockets in the U.S., where a male finch can go for $500 to $10,000, depending on its pedigree.
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one smuggler put them boxes labeled “sugar cakes.”
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One smuggler put them boxes labeled “sugar cakes.”
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In Guyana, the finches are sold at market for less than $5, but their value skyrockets in the U.S., where a male finch can go for $500 to $10,000, depending on its pedigree.
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In all, about 150 songbirds have been confiscated, but nothing stops these finches from singing their beautiful little songs. Look, don’t call me soft or nothing, but maybe we could learn something from them, you know? They settle their differences with a song. Maybe if we could do that, this world wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in.
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In all, about 150 songbirds have been confiscated, but nothing stops these finches from singing their beautiful little songs. Look, don’t call me soft or nothing, but maybe we could learn something from them, you know? They settle their differences with a song. Maybe if we could do that, this world wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in.
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The four men carried four crates of explosives and $80,000 in cash.
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