| What's Happening CRAFTSPEOPLE WANTED -- Thursdays-Wednesdays, through Sept. 25. Crafts and other homemade goods sought for craft bazaar Nov. 8. Tables, $35. Reserve by Oct. 1. St. John ... propeller.com |
Finding Treasures in a City’s Disappearing Past Returning to Beijing after the Cultural Revolution, Li Songtang devoted himself to rescuing scraps of history, work made more urgent by today’s redevelopment. nytimes.com |
Hong Kong Fashion Influence In China and Hong Kong colour is the biggest influence in fashion and each different season is represented by a particular one. propeller.com |
Right Anglo Camden Passage, a narrow, stone-paved street in London’s Islington neighborhood, was once one of the city’s main antiques hubs, home to more than 350 shops. But in 2001, “trading in antiques hit a wall,” as one local proprietor put it, and businesses shut down or moved away. Then slowly the street came back to life, with a restaurant here, a chocolate shop there. (And not without controversy, as many Passage settlers feared that newcomers would mean higher rents.) Now Camden Passage has fully d... nytimes.com |
Shipwreck Relics From Andrea Doria and Lusitania Relics and memorabilia from infamous shipwrecks like those of the Andrea Doria, the Lusitania and the Normandie are showing up more often at auctions and in museums. nytimes.com |