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May 1, 2000 Issue
"The dot-com gold rush is over. It was just this moment, this crazy wild moment . . ."
-- James J. Cramer, "Pileup on the Road to El Dorado"
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| FEATURES | Pileup on the Road to El Dorado BY JAMES J. CRAMER So maybe it wasn't Armageddon, but for many new companies (and newly minted millionaires), the April 14 market smackdown spelled the beginning of the end. Suddenly the irresistible dot-com suffix has morphed into a Don't Buy call. Just ask the founder of TheStreet.com. Trickle-Down Theory Think the city is less hooked on Wall Street than in '87? Think again. We're far more dependent, with the Street pulling in 19 percent of city earnings. Hit Man At age 22, producer Rodney Jerkins already has four No. 1 singles. Now he's been dispatched to bring Michael Jackson back to the studio. When He Was Good Not long ago, Philip Roth seemed to have passed his peak. But at 60, he suddenly began churning out one great novel after another, winning new readers and new respectability. His latest, The Human Stain, is due out in two weeks. Is there a Nobel in his future? Trouble in Paradise Sharen Benenson wants to keep Gramercy Park private and tidily pruned. Her nemesis, National Arts Club president O. Aldon James Jr. wants to free the trees -- and open it to the public. This is not your garden-variety feud. | GOTHAM Should Rudy be holding the keys to the city's liquor cabinet? GOTHAM REAL ESTATE Personal liability could change the way co-op boards do business GOTHAM STYLE NoLIta,the brand; gold hoopla DEPARTMENTS The City Politic If the Liberal Party backs Giuliani, will Gore take a pass? Media The real "market event" was a Barron's article that first hit in March MARKETPLACE Nicole Farhi's blooming plates Smart City Bathing beauties: The best suits Sales & Bargains Cover story: Shopping for slipcovers, premade and custom Beauty Hair today, gone tomorrow | THE CRITICS Movies BY PETER RAINER Remember those great old World War II action movies? U-571 does Theater Stoppard's The Real Thing brings some brains to Broadway Classical Music Things get ugly when Rameau's Platée arrives at City Opera Architecture Frank Gehry's Bilbao vision for the Battery Television Arabian Nights: Listen up Restaurants Big-flavored, rustic dishes can be found at . . . shhh, it's a secret Pop Music For Neil Young, past is prolific CUE Classifieds |
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