A circle of firemen’s widows have a secret: They’re getting on with their lives.

In life, Dr. Robert Atkins was a renegade, doing battle with the medical Establishment over his famous low-carb diet. In death, he’s the focus of a holy war, pitting ascetic versus libertine and disciple versus disciple. The schisms in the Church of Atkins.

New York City had a passionate fling with a soldier—but he didn’t look as good in the cold, gray dawn.

At Rao’s on 114th Street, Mafia types with guns rub elbows with Sopranos actors—it’s all part of the show. But when Louis Barone pulled out his Smith & Wesson and shot another man at the bar over an insult, the show turned real.

Dr. Jan Quaegebeur doesn’t just repair sick children’s hearts—he reinvents them. How gifted is he? Ask 3-year-old Dorothy McCollum. Or her mom.

In Stairwell B of the North Tower, 16 people lived amid the avalanche of concrete and steel. But surviving was only the start of their struggle.

His drug dealing led to eight years in prison—and a novel, a show based on his life, the editorship of High Times. Maybe crime does pay.

Donny Deutsch, last of the Madison Avenue wild men, has got a $200 million bank account, an ad agency that has gone from success to success, loyal friends, a new wife, and, he says, “the best body of any CEO in advertising.” so what else can he possibly want? try a CNBC talk show. And After that, He wants to be mayor.

The greenmarket at Union Square brought new flavors to New York restaurants and home kitchens—and saved family farms in the bargain.

Its superstar chefs are running mess halls. The students at P.S. 234 have migrated to the Village. The celebrities are nowhere to be found. Even in the seventies, TriBeCa living was never this tough.