The most mysterious of the missing.

How young urban professionals revived the city, turning it into their own personal playground (and inspiring a novel or two along the way. But not mine. No way).

If the cetaceans that stranded themselves in the Hamptons were trying to tell us something, we’re a long way from getting the message.

How New York’s most prestigious neighborhood lost its place atop the social hierarchy.

Can a sober, settled-down front man and a great new record solve the problems of New York’s most dysfunctional rock band?

After enduring an unexpected backlash, the chef who revolutionized New York cuisine is fighting his way back to perfection.

The half-life of a trendy neighborhood is now a matter of days.

Vibrant, creative, edgy, demanding (only sometimes!), smart, funny. For this year's awards, we've chosen eleven New Yorkers who not only gave us their best but also brought out the best in New York. From Eliot Spitzer's determined drive to clean up the worst of Wall Street excess to Harvey Fierstein's monumental mom -- with a heart to match, in 'Hairspray' -- not to mention Tina Fey's irrepressibly irreverent humor, we salute their vision and celebrate our luck in being here at the right time and, of course, in the right place.

Jay McInerney on the Pleasures (and Perils) of "Page Six."

Publisher Ron Galotti, the model for Sex and the City’s Mr. Big, was a Ferrari-driving, model-dating, power-lunching, type-A personality gone mad. So how could he move to Vermont? Behind every slicker there’s a man with secrets.