October 17, 2011 Issue
Cover Story
Fall Design 2011
Great-looking experiments in urban living; design experts pick their favorite urban innovations, including an inner-city stream in Seoul, a flower tower in Paris, and WikiLeaks’ Stockholm lair; a palatial cement plant in Barcelona, a penthouse air-raid shelter
in Berlin, a four-foot-wide pod in Warsaw, and seven more of the world’s most unexpected residences; an unfinished Caracas skyscraper transforms into a cooperative-housing oasis; and the lessons that Hong Kong, Copenhagen, and Medellín could teach New York. By Wendy Goodman and Justin Davidson
On the Cover: James Leynse/Corbis (Jobs); Clockwise From Top Left: Danny Kim/New York Magazine; Iwan Baan; Courtesy Of Design 99; Iwan Baan (2); Courtesy Of General Electric; Iwan Baan; Thomas Loof
Features
Piers Morgan Isn’t Sleeping Well
CNN’s new Larry King made his name in the scandal-chasing, privacy-invading British tabloid gutter. He’s now ascended to cable-news royalty, though his past is casting a shadow over the coronation. By Benjamin Wallace
Just Kids
Jeffrey Eugenides insists his new novel is not a roman à clef. But it might have been: The writers of his generation had youths tangled enough for ten novels. By Evan Hughes
Intelligencer
The Jobs Collection
A selection of Steve Jobs’s devices held by museums.
Bailout Ball
Blaming the NBA owners.
Innocent Bystanders
“Genovese Syndrome,” amended.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
They See Rich People
Wall Streeters seek psychic help.
76 Minutes With Marlo Thomas
Backstage and out on the town with the feminist TV pioneer, now in the limelight again, as a “dumb blonde.”
Columns
The Countercapitalist
Steve Jobs turned on, tuned in, and created a new archetype for the American businessman.
Strategist
The Futurist’s Apartment
Four industrial designers scour the globe for next-gen appliances, hardware, and décor you can live with now.
The Restaurant Review
At RedFarm, General Tso’s chicken and company get the local, fresh, and seasonal treatment.
In Season
Local albacore tuna are at their fattiest best.
What to Eat at the New Smith, Opening Next Week in Midtown
Perhaps a seafood platter or some macaroni and cheese?
Restaurant Openings
Week of October 17, 2011: Flying Lobster and Hot Kitchen.
How Fresh Is Your Beer?
If it’s wet-hopped, very. Not to mention intensely seasonal and in limited supply.
Culture
Tune In
How five groundbreaking, teen-intoxicating videos got made.
The Movie Review
With The Skin I Live In, Almodóvar focuses again on live flesh—yet somehow, it’s lost that rosy glow.
Three Bored Men
Jonathan Ames’s goofball quest.
Back in the Day-O
Harry Belafonte, America’s first black matinee idol, leveraged his fame for social change.
Agenda
Staff Meals
Spotted Pig launches ‘Little Piggy’ dinners.
Departments
Comments: Week of October 17, 2011
Readers sound off on Eric Cantor, Michael Lewis, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of October 17, 2011
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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