April 11, 2011 Issue
Cover Story
The New York Apartment: A Biography
Sardine Life: Justin Davidson asks: When did we start living on top
of each other, and why did we think it was a good idea?
Tales of the Stacked City: Luc Sante, Gay Talese, Anne Roiphe, and others reminisce about the tenements and tugboats that have sheltered them. Attention Seekers: The gaudiest, grandest, and smallest dens in city history. And much, much more.
On the Cover: Diane Von Furstenberg. Photograph by Horst P. Horst/Vogue, 1976 © Condé Nast Publications. Taylor Mead in his Lower East Side apartment, 2002. Photograph by Robin Holland.
Intelligencer
Primary Priorities
Finally, slowly, the Republican presidential field is taking shape.
The Limits of Cyber-Revolutions
Public spaces, not virtual town squares, are still the places where uprisings are decided.
Fowl Thoughts
Saving Prospect Park’s geese, preemptively.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Technical Improvements
Daft rules a boon for NBA fans.
80 Minutes With Max Winkler
On a museum outing, the son of the Fonz talks about the movie he made but now can’t make himself watch.
Columns
House Dividing
The tea party is revolting—over the budget—which might make John Boehner’s reign shorter than he planned.
Strategist
Best Bets
Matias’s iPad-compatible keyboard, Frank Gehry’s patio chairs, and more.
The Look Book
“I’m really into the press because my store is kind of important.”
Restaurant Review
Gabriel Stulman’s Fedora takes a page from the BK-dining playbook.
In Season
The amazing thing about pea shoots is how faithfully they mimic the flavor of peas.
Restaurant Openings
The radically reinventive chefs of Torrisi Italian Specialties reveal their plans for Parm.
Today’s Gowanus Is Tomorrow’s Tribeca
Twenty under-the-radar microneighborhoods that may just be the Next Big Thing.
Culture
Brand Russell
With Arthur, the comedian’s outrageous persona gets tweaked.
The Pop Music Review
Good-bye, LCD Soundsystem.
Girls, Girls, Girls!
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman put showbiz back on Broadway.
The Book Review
Why David Foster Wallace still demands our attention.
To the Comic Drawn
The female collective Pizza Island gets its due.
The Classical Music Review
For spring, the Met and City Opera hedge experimentation with coziness.
Agenda
Beyond the Half Shell
A fund-raising “Oyster Saloon” on April 9 revives a once commonly found urban institution.
Departments
Comments: Week of April 11, 2011
Readers sound off on Sandra Lee, Alex Jones, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of April 11, 2011
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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