Linoleum is a smooth-surfaced floor covering made from linseed oil, gums, and resins applied to a felt or burlap backing. It was invented in 1860 by Englishman Frederick Walton. Up until this time, most households had bare floors, carpeting being out...

Linoleum is a floor covering made from solidified linseed oil (linoxyn) in combination with wood flour or cork dust over a burlap or canvas backing. Pigments may be added to the materials used. The finest linoleum floors, known as 'inlaid', are...

Add deep-fried turkey to the list of banned substances at Dulles International Airport.A holiday party last week at the airport's administrative offices drew a fire marshal and complaints from union officials upset with the menu: a deep-fried turkey prepared on site that they deemed a...

Dear Jane,My kids have terrible allergies. What can I do around the house to ease their suffering this season?Thanks,Mary D.  Dear Mary, While all the allergy-proofing in the world won’t completely eliminate your kids’ symptoms, there are many steps you can take to drastically reduce allergens...

Before last night's Community Board 2, representatives for the proposed Trump International Hotel and Tower (to be located at 246 Spring Street) nervously paced the linoleum halls of Housing Works, at 320 West 13th Street, thumbing at cell phones and BlackBerries. Unfortunately, Sean Yazbeck, the...

For more than 40 years, the publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux has been the tweedy, stubborn holdout on Union Square. Even if everything around it is changing (the Amalgamated Bank building turning condo, the new glass tower going up at the corner of 14th and...