Editors from the most prestigious magazines--New Yorker, Harper's, New York Review of Books, and The New Republic--responded to recent reports of gender imbalance at The Sisterhood today. All gave boilerplate responses: We know it's bad. We'll try harder. In the meantime, did you know we publish female writers x, y, and z? Not very encouraging. Except for The New... MORE»
After three decades as a rainmaker at Goldman Sachs, Robert Mnuchin had enough money to focus on his true passion, art. With his L&M Gallery, Mr. Mnuchin has become one of the city's foremost collectors and dealers—his latest show was reviewed in this week's Observer, in fact—though it appears he and wife Adriana also have a ken for collecting and trading real... MORE»
Not every opulent, interesting or super expensive property in the city has to be for sale. In a city where two-thirds of us rent, there are some pretty crazy properties to lease, too, like this one in... MORE»
Longtime PS 1 veteran Tony Guerrero is out at the Museum of Modern Art satellite, and insiders said more departures are expected. In an email sent to friends and colleagues yesterday and today, Guerrero said he was leaving March 1 after 17 years and "My commitment to this incredible art center was the essence of my life in New York. I will miss... MORE»
On Feb. 8, the city's biggest building-sales brokerage, Massey Knakal, blasted a press release announcing the sale of a narrow, four-story, red-brick building along First Avenue, a block southwest of Stuyvesant Town. The walk-up rested snugly between a larger building cloaked in mesh and fronted by scaffolding and a similar-sized, white building. A chicken joint called Senor Pollo occupied its entire ground-floor retail space; there were three market-rate, floor-through apartments... MORE»
Cosmpolitan will launch an Armenian edition in March, announced president and CEO of Hearst Magazines International Duncan Edwards. Part of an ongoing effort to realize their name, Cosmopolitan recently dispatched editions of the fun, fearless flagship to Mongolia and the Middle East. The Armenian ambassador to Rodeo Drive, Kim Kardashian, makes for an obvious cover choice. Hrachuhi Utmazyan has been named Cosmo's editor and the magazine will have an initial circulation of... MORE»
It was only a matter of time before the high-end burger craze hit Union Square. Sorry Shake Shack, because 5 Napkin Burger is opening on the corner of 14th Street and Third... MORE»
Vice President Joe Biden is slated to spend this afternoon in New York City, heading to an event for the Democratic National Committee and then a fundraiser for east side Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in two separate events. The Maloney event at The Sheraton is in honor of her birthday--which was, in fact, February 19--and guests will dine on a birthday cake in the shape of the U.S. Capitol. Tickets start at... MORE»
Vice presidents at Goldman Sachs don't tend to fly the coop. It's a good gig, with a high-dollar salary, a hefty annual bonus and perks, not to mention a chance to scramble up the ladder to the promised land of partner-hood. Katie Baker was never the typical Goldmanite, though. Banker by day, blogger by night--Ms. Baker wrote about sports and more for sites like Deadspin, Gawker and The Awl in her spare time (and, O.K., sometimes on the clock too), without ever catching the attention of her co-workers. It certainly helped that she limited her writing to extracurricular... MORE»
New York's LimeWire was housed in a gorgeous Soho office at the time the company gave up the ghost in December after too many run-ins with music labels and the law. The former LimeWire space was sunny with dark wood floors, and whoever decorated it had excellent taste in furniture. Lucky for any New Yorkers or New York startups who are in the market for tables and chairs, pieces of the decor are being sold on the... MORE»
Postmodernity has culminated in my torn underwear. The fragmentation of my fishnets signals the teetering of a mode of authority that was in the end so much bad romance. In the depthlessness of my stare heralds equality in superficiality, and digitality allows my hair to be everywhere. The utopian gesture has in my heels undergone a fundamental mutation. We are a convergence of meat freaks. What has capitalism done for us... MORE»
On a bright winter morning last January, John R. "Rick" MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, walked into editor Roger D. Hodge's office and fired him. It was so unexpected that when Mr. Hodge told the magazine's literary editor, Ben Metcalf, what had happened, his colleague laughed in... MORE»
On Thursday morning, in a wooded rear parking lot cordoned off with police tape, Sarah Palin stepped out of a big black sport-utility vehicle and entered through the gaudy gates of the Crest Hollow Country Club. She wore a dour black skirt and matching blouse; a bulky red, white and blue wrist band; and a pair of leopard print heels. Ms. Palin was not in Woodbury to rally her rowdy base--in fact, her SUV had breezed by some Tea Partiers gathered at the club's entrance--but to address the membership of the Long Island Association, the state's largest business... MORE»
What does Chuck Schumer know about Wisconsin? A lot, apparently. Or so he says. New York's senior senator, who rarely misses a chance to play the populist card, has seized on the fiscal crisis in Madison to raise his profile and a few campaign dollars as well. Mr. Schumer recently sent a mass email to supporters condemning Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's attempts to limit collective bargaining rights for public employees. He urged recipients to send checks to the Democratic Party to prevent Mr. Walker from taking "America back to the... MORE»
A bitterly cold wind tore across the 50th floor of One World Trade Center on Dec. 5, yet the crews in hard hats kept their pace, driving the most important building in the city skyward a floor a week, putting to rest years of complaints about indecision and inaction at the world's most famous construction... MORE»
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