May 10, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
Home Design 2010: The New Old
Manifestations of the present desire to simultaneously nostalgize and
revolutionize the good old days: an updated Victorian dwelling emblematized by
olive oil in a glass skull; formality amid the meatpacking district’s
seventies revivals; an airy country cabin hidden in brownstone
Brooklyn; a hot-purple Versailles; the worn-in comfort of the British countryside brought down to urban dimensions. By Wendy Goodman
On the Cover: The Louisa settee from Anthropologie. Photograph by Hannah Whitaker/New York Magazine.
Features
Colossus
Jean Nouvel’s Tower Verre was going to be the biggest thing to hit the midtown skyline since the Empire State Building. Then the city told him to chop off 200 feet. Scoffs the French architect: Why is Manhattan, of all places, afraid of heights?
Bedbugs in the Duvet
An infestation on the Upper East Side.
Intelligencer
Manorexic Mannequins
Next month, the British mannequin maker Rootstein debuts their latest male form—the “Homme Nouveau.”
Yankee Fans vs. Javier
Might subjection to extravagant public hatred not be conducive to peak athletic performance?
Tweet and Eat
But some find it unappetizing.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Homeless Rent Hikes
New city policy.
152 Minutes With Hanson
The brothers are dads now, still selling out shows in New York.
The Envelope Please
Sylvia Miles, famous ex-Warhol actress, is hungry.
Columns
Which Street Are You On?
Why are Chuck Schumer and Mike Bloomberg so heated over financial regulation?
Strategist
The Best Bet
The undulating Cyclone Lounger, everyday modern appropriations, and more.
The Restaurant Review
At ABC Kitchen, Jean-Georges takes local-and-seasonal dining to a higher plane.
In Season Receipe
Slender stalks of local asparagus are appearing at Greenmarket stands and on restaurant menus everywhere.
Restaurant Openings
Week of May 10, 2010: Fornino Park Slope and Diablo Royale Este.
The Urban Forager: Bottle Service
Tuscan olive oil flows into town via an upstate dairy farm.
Behind the Menu: Deconstructing the Hundred-Layer Lasagne
"It’s really, really simple,” says Mark Ladner about his hundred-layer lasagna.
Culture
Internet Killed the MTV Star
A new breed of director is taking the music video in audacious directions.
The YouTube Generation
A passel of renegades try to out-Gondry Gondry.
The Art Review
The Met’s enormous show of its own collection is short on Cubism—which, in a way, is a blessing.
The Theater Review
The last seven Tony contenders storm Broadway.
Man in the Black Hat
Gregory Itzin moves his folksy evil from 24 to Broadway.
The Movie Review
Iron Man 2 pits Robert Downey Jr. against Mickey Rourke, with crazy-good results.
Irony Man: Garry Shandling
One of our nation’s comic treasures has been missing in action.
Panel Discussion
Daniel Clowes covers cartoon history in one graphic novel.
Agenda
Farm to Table
The Queens County Farm Museum kicks off its Dinner on the Farm series with supper-club chef Tamara Reynolds.
Departments
Comments: Week of May 10, 2010
Readers sound off on Sarah Palin, Eva Moskowitz, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of May 10, 2010
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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