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Clay Felker
A City Built of Clay

Clay Felker saw a town of power mongers, status seekers, yipsters, and more. New York would never look at itself the same way again.
by Tom Wolfe

 

Remembering Clay
Remembering Clay

Gail Sheehy, Gloria Steinem, Milton Glaser, and others recall New York's founder.

Culture CanonThis Is New York, 1968-2008

Our critics and editors select the 196 cultural works that have best defined the city over the past 40 years.

Spike LeeSpike Lee on Making Do the Right Thing

"I had the title of it before I had anything else. Then it was bits and pieces."
by Logan Hill

Tony KushnerTony Kushner on Making Angels in America

"I had a dream, in 1985, I believe, when a friend I'd gone to school with was sick."
by Boris Kachka

More Anniversary Stories

strategist '68Strategist '68 Edition

A flashback to the styles and hot spots of 1968.

look bookRetro Look Book

"My money says the pantsuit will go everywhere within six months."

crossword puzzlesThe Sondheim Puzzles

Three of the legendary composer's original crosswords.

Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative
July 14, 1969
Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative

From an old Brooklyn street, the spires of Manhattan are like a vision of "some strange, exotic city across the river."

May 3, 1976
Why People Are Talking About Gossip

". . . Readers, reporters, and editors are all chasing after gossip but are not yet prepared to call the thing by its proper name . . ."

December 20, 1980
Rendezvous in the Ramble

Picture Central Park—without a sailor, Picture Mister Lord, minus Mister Taylor. —Cole Porter's "A Picture of Me Without You," 1935.

May 29, 1989
Race: The Issue

Race is an issue politicians go to great pains to avoid. It has been deemed unfit for open discussion, in all but the most platitudinous manner, for many years.

March 13, 1995
Comedy Isn’t Funny

Saturday Night Live at twenty—how the show that transformed TV became a grim joke.