January 4, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
Where to Eat 2010
While New Yorkers’ appetite for good food remains unaffected
by the economy, our annual survey of must-eats changes
with the times. Here, Adam Platt runs down this year’s best spots for splurging on gourmet lobster poêlé or saving on noodles.
On the Cover: Bucatini All’Amatriciana
from Maialino.
Photograph by Hannah Whitaker/New York Magazine.
Features
4,000 Pages and Counting
Larry Kramer’s boundless outrage changed the course of AIDS. Now, with his still-unfinished epic about America’s hidden gay past (George Washington, Alexander Hamilton …), he’s furiously rewriting history again.
The Escape Artist
Ronald Tackmann’s ingenious prison breakouts—and his jailhouse sculptures of soap and toilet paper—have made him a legend of the penal system. It’s freedom he can’t handle.
Herr Zeitgeist
The rise of Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA’s Übersocial, very German curator at large—and the new head of P.S.1.
Intelligencer
Mind the Gap?
How the MTA’s threats have often pushed the political process into action.
Requiem for Rudy
Not the sneering Palin pal of recent years—the one who changed the city, endorsed Mario Cuomo, and led after 9/11.
Rip Van Ravitch
He came back to Albany to find everything changed. Not in a good way.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Et Tu, Guido?
The sappy truth about Jersey Shore.
108 Minutes With Maggie Gyllenhaal
At home for the holidays with a general sense of nouveau-Brooklyn well-being.
Escape From Soho House!
Why Soho House's former director of operations Mark Somen left for Nairobi.
Columns
Let the Good Times Roll
Might the recovery be more robust than widely expected? Wall Street’s most respected pessimist thinks so.
Strategist
The Best Bet
Quick-setting kitchen and bath caulk, Uniqlo's Heattech tops, and more.
The Look Book
“My friend invited me back to 1Oak tonight, but I said no. Even if I don’t get robbed, I’m not going back in there!”
Building Blocks
Christopher Coleman’s bright Williamsburg one-bedroom.
Union Square Wonderland
A sprawling new state-of-the-art playground that’s both cognitively stimulating and ridiculously fun.
New Neighbors From Far Away
Euros and rubles and loonies are fueling a lot of deals right now.
Culture
Boy Wonder
Michael Cera doesn’t care if you mock him for playing an innocent adolescent. He’d prefer that you do.
Radical Shakespeare
A young playwright exiles King Lear from his own play.
The Movie Review
Robert Downey Jr. brightens a grim Sherlock; Michael Haneke’s White Ribbon is just a grind.
Conversation: Like Father, Like Son
Director Jason Reitman is an early favorite for Up in the Air. Jada Yuan spoke to Jason and his father, Ivan—the film’s producer.
The View From His Window
Photographer W. Eugene Smith’s infatuated vision.
The Art Review
Has Gabriel Orozco’s interesting weirdness turned into plain old shtick?
The Classical Music Review
A director melds classic poetry and music, seeking more than the sum of the parts.
Agenda
Local Heros
Café Boulud alums Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone open Torrisi Italian Specialties.
Departments
Comments: Week of January 4, 2010
Readers sound off on soup, gentrification, and more.
The Approval Matrix
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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