Mr. Mahler is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of the forthcoming book “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: ...
The never-ending battle for the soul of New York City is a dependable subject for nonfiction writers. In his walloping new book, “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth ...
Jonathan Mahler’s new book portrays the city’s rebirth as a glitzy capital of global finance — and a petri dish of ego, ambition and class division. Credit...Matt Dorfman Supported by By Garth Risk ...
One afternoon last week, Mary Boone stood on the checkerboard marble floor in front of a grid of Andy Warhol portraits at Lévy Gorvy Dayan. She wore a crisp white shirt with a cravat and a ...
The choice for the 1980s is as clear as it gets. It begins and ends with Lawrence Taylor. When the Giants selected Taylor with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1981 NFL draft, the franchise was coming ...
A large Andy Warhol portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat in a jock strap is the first thing you see at “Downtown/Uptown.” And the choice is fitting, said J. Scott Orr ...
Two talented writers have published new books about what it was like for many gay White men born around 1950 to come out after the Stonewall riots, the road mark for the beginning of the modern gay ...