D.W. Gibson

At 67, a heart surgeon leaves the suburbs for Brooklyn and for the chance to continue his life’s work in a new hospital.Dr. Scott Schubach grew up on Long Island and built a career there. Then, at 67, he decided he wanted to give life in New York City a try for the first time.He

As far as Betti Franceschi is concerned, every last part of her apartment is alive.“I’m an animist,” she said, referring to her sense that there’s a soul in everything, including inanimate objects. “And anyone who’s not — I don’t understand it.”The 90-year-old artist has lived in her Upper West Side apartment since 1990, and she’s

After an emergency evacuation put them into limbo, tenants of a New York building are still awaiting a court decision that might help them recover their past lives.Shortly after Michael Hawley came home from work on Nov. 28, 2023, there was a knock at his door. It was a representative for the Department of Buildings