Table of Contents -- June 4, 2007 Issue of New York Magazine

June 4, 2007 Issue

Cover Story

Cramer vs. Cramer

The author, a professional stock-picker, confronts his own attention-hogging public persona and finds it a baffling symptom of the public’s debased taste. Plus: The author confronts his own attention-hogging public persona and finds it a refreshing symptom of a new egalitarianism.

FEATURES

Fantasy Island

Governors Island is a vast, untapped reserve of bucolic scenery, skyline views, and other staples of urban stress relief. Presented here, for the first time, are the five visions battling for the right to turn that potential into triumphant urban-planning reality.

The Vandalism Vandal

An anonymous graffiti defacer stalks the Manhattan night. Is the Splasher motivated by envy, principle—or love?

INTELLIGENCER

GOP Spoiler for Gov’s Penthouse Quorum

Upstairs, Downstairs on CPS.

Strokes Guitarist Writes Too

Semi-authorized Bukowski.

Hamptons Hit With Clam Death

Possible clambake crisis.

Writer’s Block for ‘Da Vinci’ Dan?

Where’s Dan Brown’s follow-up to The Da Vinci Code? The further adventures of Robert Langdon were set to be published in 2006, then this year.

Cipriani Big’s Humvee Reflux

Banquet bon vivant Giuseppe Cipriani has turned over financial records to the Manhattan D.A.’s office as part of an investigation into his company’s income-tax filings, says his lawyer, Stanley Arkin.

It Happened Last Week

The arrival of Fleet Week’s giddy sailors on shore leave marked a summery spate of punch-drunk recklessness.

Penny-Pinching Peril

Nine years ago, the first Chinatown bus service revolutionized cheapo travel. But turf wars and safety problems—culminating in last week’s fatal crash—soon undermined the dream. A historical itinerary.

Not ’Worth It

The proposed penthouse at the top of the Woolworth Building was to be one of the most coveted living spaces in New York.

The Return of the Grand Tour

If you’re wondering where the city’s leisure-class art collectors are for the next couple of weeks, they’re in Europe going to parties and being expensively avant-garde.

Mellow Nello

Restaurateur: What’s the big deal with giving "Page Six" $1,000?

COLUMNS

Throw the Books at Her

Hillary Clinton’s competence-based campaign has been stealthily making progress. But two bios put her persona back in the spotlight.

STRATEGIST

Best Bets

The iciest AC unit of them all and other refreshing buys.

Tested: PureOlogy Hydrate Shampoo

There’s no way to describe the effect of these products without descending into advertising hairspeak, but it’s true: My hair is softer, glossier, more manageable.

Shop News

New store openings this week.

Look Book

Parker Posey brings comfort to a dog-bite victim.

Restaurant Review

Top-notch spinach-and-béchamel lasagne and other artisanal successes at Insieme.

Insatiable Critic

With its new wardrobe of sunny Provençal prints and the magical vernal blooming of its sheltered garden, Provence at the age of twenty has never looked lovelier.

In Season

Pesky weed to some, seasonal delicacy to others, the jagged, bitter dandelion green is one of those Mediterranean peasant foods newly embraced for their health-giving properties.