What seemed once on the edge of extinction may be no more. At least if Kirstie Reynoso-Miranda has anything to say about it. more

MacKenzie Scott opened up her checkbook on Tuesday, and couldn't stop signing her name. When she was done, the author — and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — cleared out more than $4 billion from her checking out. Including $30 million she has just donated to Lehman College. more

David Lindsay was concerned as he sat down at an empty table to take a breather Saturday, but he wasn’t panicking just yet. His Kingsbridge Social Club restaurant on Kingsbridge Avenue was busy. Yet, every other table was empty. Not because customers weren’t hungry for crispy Brussels sprouts or one of its wood-fired pizzas, but because all restaurants like the one Lindsay co-owns were ordered to fill only at half-capacity. more

It’s become common these days to see beloved shops — in business for decades — lock their doors for the last time. And in their place, a storefront sits empty for months, sometimes years. more