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January 17, 2011

Cover Story

The Greatest New York Ever

New Yorkers have spoken highly of themselves and their city during almost all of its incarnations. But over a nearly 400-year history, who and what stands out as truly the greatest? We gathered a host of opinionators to hash it out. Five writers each make a case for a single year as the city’s superlative; five panels of experts then choose the greatest musical, mayor, TV show, athlete, and building in NYC history.
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Intelligencer

  • D-List U

    A sampling of recent course catalogues.

  • Feeling Trashy

    Understanding the singular dissonance of un-picked-up trash.

  • Sounds Unbelievable

    Why golden voices make for the best feel-good stories.

  • The Neighborhood News

    Our roundup of news from around the city.

  • The Health-Care Tar Pit

    Here we go again!

  • 86 Minutes With Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes

    One half of Duran Duran trolls Bowery to flack the band’s thirteenth album.

Culture

  • The Best of Times

    What’s bad for liberals has been very good for Bill Maher.

  • The TV Review

    Men behaving badly on Lights Out, Shameless, and Californication.

  • The Dirt on ‘Skins’

    MTV adapts Britain’s daring teen soap without scrubbing it clean.

  • The TV Review

    The grown-up charm of Episodes.

  • The Quiet Man

    How Chris Cooper turns angst into art.

Columns

  • In the Hunt

    The most potent challenge to Obama in 2012 may come from a member of his own team.

Departments

  • Comments: Week of January 17, 2011

    Readers sound off on Martin Peretz, the Columbia drug bust, and more.

  • The Approval Matrix: Week of January 17, 2011

    Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.

Strategist

  • Best Bets

    The Marcus Samuelsson&nsash;Endorsed BlueStar Stove, a mood defroster, and more.

  • The Look Book

    “I hand out the hankies.”

  • Twisted Fitness

    A guide to the latest crop of high-concept workouts.

  • It’s Okay to Stare

    Frames for the librarian (teacher, architect, lead guitarist) who doesn’t mind a little attention.

  • Restaurant Review

    Suddenly, you don’t need to catch a Queens-bound 7 train to reach transcendent Thai food.

  • In Season

    The radish of choice among kimchee aficionados.

  • Grub Hub: BQEats

    How a grim Williamsburg intersection became an epicenter of culinary cool.

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