EditorialPeople in a section of Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn that is one of many government instituted “open streets” that have cleared the roads of traffic, on Oct. 24, 2020. (Gareth Smit/The New York Times)
EditorialAli Johnstone, left, and her wife, Laura Sowers, ride the new trail system, called the Baileys Trail System, in Athens, Ohio, on May 18, 2021. (Rich-Joseph Facun/The New York Times)
EditorialAli Johnstone, left, and her wife, Laura Sowers, bike on a new trail system, the Baileys Trail System, in Chauncey, Ohio, May 18, 2021. (Rich-Joseph Facun/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the New Castle County Police, Marie Heiser, a homemaker and part-time country club employee from Philadelphia who disappeared almost 50 years ago. (New Castle County Police via The New York Times)
EditorialRestaurants have taken over Dyckman Street in northern Manhattan, on Aug. 1, 2020, which has been temporarily closed to cars during the coronavirus pandemic. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialMammoth Lakes, Calif., on July 16, 2020, which draws a few million visitors each year for outdoor activities like skiing, hiking, biking and fishing. (Akasha Rabut/The New York Times)