For a special project of The Times Magazine, 15 photographers ages 25 and under captured an electric, joyous, anxious city slowly becoming itself again.
The Schooner Apollonia, a carbon-neutral sailboat, is sailing down the Hudson River with tons of locally made groceries and goodies, making deliveries all along the way.
Bowery Farming Raises $300M in Series C Funding
Bowery Farming, a NYC-based vertical farming company, secured $300m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, with follow-on investment from existing investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), General Catalyst, GGV Capital, Temasek, Groupe Artémis (Pinault-owned), new participation from Amplo and Gaingels, a fund representing the LGBTQ community and allies, as well as individual investors Lewis Hamilton, Chris Paul, Natalie Portman, José Andrés and Justin Timberlake.
The company, which has raised $472m to date, intends to use the funds to continue expansion of its network of smart indoor farms across the United States, to further accelerate its technological leadership, support ongoing research and product innovation efforts.
Recapture The Thrill of Being on Wheels
After a year spent largely indoors, adults are regaining a sense of balance on roller skates, bikes and skateboards.
De’Lorean Hall attends a recent Skaterobics class in Queens Village, New York.Credit.Victor Llorente for The New York Times
By Roxanne Fequiere
First came the walks and then, seemingly all at once, the wheels.
Back at the beginning of the pandemic with interminable lockdowns on the horizon, people broke up the monotony of their homestays with short jaunts on foot around the neighborhood just to get some sunlight and fresh air; or, as the writer Ruby Keane put it, “a stupid little daily walk just to feel something.”