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Times Square, April 5, 2020, 6:32 a.m. “There’s usually so many people in Times Square, nobody notices what you’re doing,” says Seliger. “I jumped up on a little stand to take pictures and a cop driving by yelled, ‘Get out of the middle of the street!’”Waverly Place, March 29, 2020,…

A healthcare worker tends to a driver at a drive-through coronavirus testing site at the Westminster Mall. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)It has become a bleak morning ritual that gets worse each day: New York reached yet another peak in coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, Gov. Andrew Cuomo…

Tweets include the return of the dinosaurs, Godzilla and the Loch Ness monster About a week or two after several countries over the world imposed a partial or total lockdown, there were many posts on social media about how the reduction in human activity has resulted in the increased visibility…

In the world of tacky, tourist-trap t-shirts, the main themes of the coronavirus outbreak have already been decided: Toilet paper, hand-washing, and social distancing. Art Brands, a store that sells decals to vendors for screenprinting, has a bunch of designs for sale already. One shows Tony Montana with the quote…

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. Robert A.M. Stern is one of New York City's most legendary architects.He designed 220 Central Park South, where hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin set a real estate record with his $238 million penthouse purchase in…

This footage was captured from a demo tape used by home entertainment dealers showing off the high quality of the new D-Theater (D-VHS) digital video recording. Enabling the recording and display of HD content, D-Theater/D-VHS was the VHS videocassette format's last gasp. From Youtube Pedant: In 2002 D-Theater launched in…

New York’s Bill de Blasio seems irritated by the need to fight the coronavirus. April 6, 2020 Author of The Best People C. S. Muncy / ReduxBill de Blasio has long been spoiling for a fight, just not the one now before him and his city. When he became the…

Image copyright Reuters Airlines around the world have grounded their flights. Countries have shut their borders, and ordered everyone indoors. The age of coronavirus has restricted our movement in every way, but it doesn't have to restrict our imagination. Here are 10 ways you can still see the world -…

View of an almost empty Time Square on April 03, 2020 in New York. (Angela Weiss / AFP / Getty Images)The flags at Rockefeller Center fly over a desolate concrete canyon. Photojournalists with long-lens cameras wander through Times Square to capture the solitude on one of the world’s busiest thoroughfares.…

Admittedly, talking about New York nightlife at this fraught moment, when the city that never sleeps is understandably much quieter and palpably on edge, feels strange. But when the city does roar back to life, live music venues and dance clubs -- as essential to New York City as Wall…