The wet Memorial Day weekend did not quite live up to the celebration of the city’s reopening that many New Yorkers were hoping for, but they made the best of it.
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In late May and early June last year, when hundreds of thousands nationwide amassed on the streets to vent their anger over the death of George Floyd and thunder for racial equality, more than 30 Times reporters bore witness.
Covering cities from Seattle to Atlanta to New York to Minneapolis, where the protests began after Floyd was killed by police, they followed the marches, heard the cries, saw the clashes with authorities and, at times, felt the fear when unrest descended into chaos. Some scenes resembled a war zone. Others, a street fair. Wherever they were, our journalists experienced firsthand a developing movement.
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Five leading New York City mayoral candidates hoped to boost their environmentalist credentials as they talked about their green plans in an Earth Day video released Thursday night by the New York League of Conservation Voters.
“The next mayor has a monumental task. We cannot afford to wait anymore on climate change. We must act,” NYLCV President Julie Tighe said to open “A Greener City Hall: conversations with NYC Mayoral candidates.” “That means increasing the amount of recycling we do. That means protecting our world class drinking supply and keeping it clean. That means greening our transportation sector and investing in resilience infrastructure to protect our communities from flooding and from the impacts of heat.”
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With 17 curatorial departments, 2.2 million square feet of space, and more than 2 million works in its permanent collections, the Metropolitan Museum of Art colloquially known as The Met contains more treasures than most visitors will ever be able to see in a lifetime. It’s impossible to summarize the New York City museum’s history, contents, and legacy in just one list, but here are 12 facts that might make you view the storied institution in a new light.
1. The Met wasn t always enormous.
The Met which opened its doors on April 13, 1870 was founded by a group of businessmen, financiers, artists, and cultural enthusiasts. Today, it’s known for its swanky digs on Museum Mile, a swath of Fifth Avenue that borders Central Park, but the institution was originally located in a much smaller building at 681 Fifth Avenue, which housed a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 European paintings. The Met’s collection quickly grew too large for the space, and in 187