EditorialBirgit Thyssen-Bornemisza led a life of eccentric anonymity and shabby gentility. Then her money got cut off. Then she had a stroke. (Rutu Modan/The New York Times)
EditorialStage Design, Ruined Farm Building Interior, Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 17741843, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Interior of shabby farmhouse with holes in ceiling, figures throughout. Men gather...
EditorialThe boxy tower apartments of Macroyan Kohna, a neighborhood built by the Soviets some 50 years ago in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2019. (Kiana Hayeri/The New York Times)
EditorialPhotograph - 'All That Was Left of 3rd Field Ambulance', Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, World War I, 1915-1918, Soldiers on parade in an army camp at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. They appear to be tired, and their uniforms are shabby. Eight of the 13 depicted have a cro...
EditorialNova Huta, in 1956 an unfinished industrial town with vacant lots. Mothers and children take the air on a shabby lawn. A ferris-wheel and new, cheap housing in the background. A stray cow. Nova Huta, Poland,1956.
EditorialNova Huta, in 1956 an unfinished industrial town with vacant lots. Mothers and children take the air on a shabby lawn. A ferris-wheel and new, cheap housing in the background. A stray cow. Nova Huta, Poland,1956.
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