Old and new

In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London

One Kearny | The Office of Charles F. Bloszies | Archinect

Now . . . and then

Image 2 of 7 from gallery of 6 Historical Buildings Topped by Contemporary Glass Extensions. Courtesy of Padolsky, Kuwabara, Gagnon Joint Venture Architects (PKG): Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects, KPMB Architects, and Gagnon Letellier Cyr Ricard Mathieu Architectes

Elderly people are the ideal friends for columnist Jessica Massengale, who finds she can relate more strongly to them than with people her age.

Checker taxi cabs on 34th Street. I found Dad's diary and he wrote on August 16, 1938: “We swung across town and in a bit were on the Henry Hudson highway leading south. And believe it or not, first thing you know we were once again at the Hotel New Yorker. On the way down, we had a thrill as we passed by a huge ocean liner, all lit up, as it lay at the dock. It was the Normandie.”

Juxtaposition - modern addition to an older structure.

For over forty years, Arlene Gottfried has photographed the people she meets in her journeys around New York City, revealing its diversity and heart through her extraordinary images. The very personal moments she captures call to mind Diane Arbus and Viviane Maier. The roots of her work, which includes assignments for The New York Times Magazine and Life Magazine, lie in her love of wandering, and exemplify the benefits of this deceptively simple practice: “My mother used to say ‘Arlene–…