EditorialFirst western post, planted by Canadian Highway Association, at Alberni, British Columbia, 4th May, 1912. The Canadian Highway Association was founded in 1911 to lobby federal and provincial governments to construct a transcontinental road across Canad...
EditorialStudents and staff wait for parents at the end of the day at Ocean Shores Elementary School in Ocean Shores, Wash., on Jan. 25, 2022. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times)
EditorialYoung English gentleman with architect looking at plans while builders construct a stately home in the classical style. iHandcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The Dance of Life, Rudolph Ackerm...
EditorialEllen Koenigsberg poses for a portrait in front of her Lower East Side vintage clothing store, Ellen, while workers construct an outdoor dining shed next door, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Holly Pickett/The New York Times)
EditorialDesign by Thomas Telford for a cast iron bridge to replace London Bridge. Viewed over the River Thames; ships passing beneath, carriages and carts using the bridge roadway; arcaded embankment approaches. This design was not used due to concerns about i...