EditorialVacant storefronts in Earle, Ark., where Jaylen Smith is quite possibly the youngest African American mayor ever elected in the United States, Jan. 4, 2023. (Houston Cofield/The New York Times)
EditorialAn industry report found that nearly half of tested cannabis products purchased from illegal dispensaries in New York contained potentially dangerous contaminants. (Adrianna Newell/The New York Times)
EditorialPassengers on a Lake Michigan sunset sightseeing tour enjoy the skyline views of downtown Chicago on Sept. 15, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialPassengers on a Lake Michigan sunset sightseeing tour enjoy the skyline views of downtown Chicago on Sept. 15, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialPassengers on a Lake Michigan sunset sightseeing tour enjoy the skyline views of downtown Chicago on Sept. 15, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialSeen from distant fields, the town of Callac, France, where empty storefronts are a common sight downtown, Sept. 22, 2022. (Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times)
EditorialA once vibrant retail corridor on Sado Island has been nicknamed ?shutter shopping arcade? as most storefronts are permanently closed. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)
EditorialWith office workers, business travelers and tourists still returning in limited numbers, vacant storefronts are widespread in the New York City’s central business districts. (Andrew Seng/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Black Friday Market space, which did so well that it signed a five-year lease, in Raleigh, N.C., Jan. 2, 2022. (Eamon Queeney/The New York Times)
EditorialAn encampment erected by homeless people in front of storefronts in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Amanda Lucier/The New York Times)
EditorialAn encampment erected by homeless people in front of storefronts in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Amanda Lucier/The New York Times)
EditorialVacant storefronts advertising new businesses opening soon, including Dun Huang, a hand-pulled Chinese noodle chain, in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens on Oct. 6, 2021. (Janice Chung/The New York Times)
EditorialA man casts a shadow as he walks past shuttered storefronts in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington on March 20, 2021. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
EditorialShuga Cain, from Season 11 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” welcomes the audience to “Seven Deadly Sins,” in Manhattan’s meatpacking district, June 21, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialMariella Haubs performs at Musical Storefronts event at the Kaufman Music Center in New York, April 27, 2021. (Mary Inhea Kang/The New York Times)
EditorialAudience members listen on headphones as actors perform “The Seven Deadly Sins” in storefronts in Miami, Jan. 31, 2021. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
EditorialView of the Front of the New Public Buildings, Guildford, Print made by Robert Havell & Son, 17691832, British, after Henry Garling, 17891870, British, Published by Henry Garling, 17891870, British, 1819, Aquatint with etching, hand-colored on thick, m...
EditorialMichel Hausmann, the artistic director of Miami New Drama, waves to passers-by from inside one of the storefronts where his company presented “Seven Deadly Sins” in Miami, Jan. 31, 2021. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
EditorialKhadija Tudor, center, makes bouquets on a recent Saturday outside Life Wellness Center, her business in Brooklyn, on Nov. 21, 2020. (Naima Green/The New York Times)