October 19, 2009 Issue
Cover Story
Home Design Fall ’09: Was/Is
A few of the city’s most dramatically transformed living spaces: an overhauled brownstone nakedly exposed to bustling 14th Street; a Fifth Avenue renovation that looks back to a glittering age; a habitable Airstream trailer inside a studio inside a Red Hook storage building; pristine spaciousness unearthed in the cramped West Village; and more.
On the Cover: Architect Bill Peterson’s state-of-the-art renovation of a formerly boarded-up brownstone
on 14th Street. Photograph by David Sundberg/Esto.
Features
New Jersey Nasty
Oversize, overdriven U.S. Attorney Chris Christie is throwing everything to try to topple Governor Jon Corzine. The ex–Goldman Sachs head has plenty to throw back.
All Yesterday’s Parties
Robert Isabell, the high-society party designer who died this past summer, conjured a vision of New York extravagance that may never exist again.
Intelligencer
Sex and Work
A poll of 100 New Yorkers on what David Letterman did in the office, and what they’ve done.
Dave’s Crushes
Was Letterman really a predator? The sin of the office flirtation.
Homework Tea Party
President fails them.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Glass/Brick
Why the historic city needs the new.
64 Minutes With Lenny Kravitz
At 45, he’s still gonna “Let Love Rule,” with five nights at Irving Plaza.
Astor Family Values
A jury found Tony Marshall guilty of enriching himself at the expense of his mother, Brooke Astor.
Broadway Bound
Meet the new Eugene Jerome, Neil Simon’s alter ego in the Brighton Beach Memoirs revival.
Columns
Back From the Death Panel
How the public option returned from the brink.
Strategist
Best Bets
New bracelets and bangles, a shiny redesigned Y, and more.
The Look Book
“In New York, I can dress like this—I’m a girlie-girl—but in Korea, I can’t.”
The Restaurant Review
Caravaggio brings a dose of extreme pre-bust nostalgia to midtown.
In Season
No one takes potatoes as seriously as Txikito’s husband-and-wife co-chefs.
What’s Your Widget?
Randomly selected locals reveal their current smartphone obsessions.
Culture
Call of the Wild
In which our hero, John Irving, engages in a bloody and epic battle for survival.
The TV Review
From Monty Python to 30 Rock.
And Now a Word From the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
By this time you’ve finally gotten to see the shows you’d spent weeks hearing about.
Conversation: The Regular Guys of Modern Family
Modern Family offers a novel development for network TV.
The Renegade Cartoonist
Enshrining Berkeley Breathed’s ‘Bloom County.’
The Movie Review
Spike Jonze puts his own poignant spin on Where the Wild Things Are.
Wild Thang: Karen O
For Where the Wild Things Are, the songwriter composes her first soundtrack.
The Theater Review
The season’s October boomlet, from Hamlet to Princess Leia.
Agenda
The Game Changer
To mark the change of seasons, Char No. 4 launches a weekly Game Night on October 14.
Departments
Comments: Week of October 19, 2009
Readers sound off on persecuted gay Iraqis, bike safety, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of October 19, 2009
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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