- May 16, 2005
- The Building of the Upper West Side
The ups and downs of the apartment house where the Black Sox plotted, Stravinsky composed, and Plato’s Retreat sizzled—and of the black-sheep tycoon whose mad dream it was.
- May 16, 2005
- The Sixtysomething Upstart
Why is Leslie Crocker Snyder saying all those things about Robert Morgenthau, the 85-year-old Manhattan D.A.? Blame it on her dad.
- May 16, 2005
- David and His 26 Roommates
They’ve traveled thousands of miles from Mexico, found jobs serving rich customers at Fairway and Citarella, and dealt with impossible rents by packing together in a tiny, illegal basement apartment. If only finding love were so easy.
- May 16, 2005
- My Life as a Thin Person
People like Lisa Marie Sohr, who lose 100 pounds or more with stomach surgery, find that with their new bodies often come new friends, new spouses, new lives. But happiness is not a foregone conclusion.
- October 29, 2001
- Ready to Do a Little Extra Homework?
Here Are Seven Sleepers (or New Arrivals) Worth a Closer Look.
- November 20, 2000
- Grecian Formula
Soon-to-be-famous London-based designer Sophia Kokosalaki steps into the limelight with two stellar collections.
- August 23, 2004
- Fashion Detective
Do designers share a collective brain? On some level, yes.
- August 23, 2004
- The Graduates
Fresh out of Parsons, designers Natalia, Ashleigh, Colette, and Ian have the ambition—and what’s left of summer—to make sure theirs are the names on the label someday.
- December 9, 2002
- MTV's Real World
Five years ago, MTV’s ratings were flatlining as music videos started to look like a relic of the eighties. Now it’s the envy of every other network, spawning The Osbournes, Jackass, and a score of other offbeat—and wildly popular—offerings. How’d it happen? Call it chaos theory, managed (barely) by two of television’s unlikeliest executives. Man, this could be chaos.
- February 21, 2000
- Cruelty on the Couch
When an animal is abused, most people see an act of petty violence. Dr. Stephanie LaFarge sees a warm-up crime -- and an offender who may soon move on to a human victim.
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