what i read today aug 24

• My Last Conversation with My Father, the new yorker
• Call it “Boring” or “Aggressively Plain,” The Cut‘s Elegant Redesign Matches Its Editorial Ambition, eye on design
• The Storytelling Ironwork of New Orleans, atlas obscura
• The Remains of 3 More Long-Missing Hikers Have Been Found in the Alps, atlas obscura
• Documenting the Disappearance of America’s Most Toxic Ghost Town, hyperallergic