This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about the Revson Fountain at Lincoln Center, which opened in 1964 and was recently renovated by WET Design. In his article (which is available in full text online to subscribers; others can buy access to the issue), Seabrook writes, “over the years the fountain’s powers diminished. In hydraulic terms, it lost ‘head’—vertical thrust—mainly as a result of leaky valves, which is the way fountains, like people, tend to fail. The movies document this sad decline.” Watch this montage, featuring clips from “The Producers” (1968), “Ghostbusters” (1984), “Moonstruck” (1987), and “Sweet Home Alabama” (2002).
Goings On
What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week, online, in N.Y.C., and beyond. Paid subscribers also receive book picks.
Dept. of Medicine
How to Die in Good Health
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
By Dhruv Khullar
A Reporter Aloft
Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
They have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Now a variety of companies are building them—or something close.
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Shouts & Murmurs
Stories from the Trump Bible
And Jesus said to Pontius Pilate, “This trial is very unfair. You are a corrupt judge, and your wife is a very nasty woman.”
By Bruce Headlam
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 16th
“First, Goldilocks said the interest rates were too high. Then, Goldilocks said they were too low. Then, in agreement with the Federal Reserve Board, she finally said they were just right.”
By Christopher Weyant