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Razing the Fillmore
by Kate Walter 02/04/2002Neighborhood: East Village
The news crews were outside the old Fillmore East, getting a last shot before the legendary concert hall was razed and turned into apartment buildings. As I walked along Second Avenue to the video store, I saw tv trucks lined up outside. I felt sad; my youth was vanishing. I’d gone past this now boarded [...]
Hurrah’s
by Robert Nedelkoff 02/04/2002Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Hurrah’s began as a nexus for disco (in the early days it was a rival of Studio 54 and Xenon), then moved over into what was still called “new wave.” It was booked by Jim Fouratt, famous for coining the slogan “The Man Can’t Bust Our Music” at Columbia Records in ’68 and for being [...]
The Brie Burger
by Gabriel Marc Delahaye 01/20/2002Neighborhood: West Village
There were a lot of things that should have been taken into account before our plane even touched the ground, but they were not taken, and we just kind of sat there. It rained all week. I’d come about three days earlier and Travis showed up later, his plane was a little delayed. I’d been [...]
Fedora
by Alfred H. Lane 01/02/2002Neighborhood: West Village
Fedora is a few steps below street level– one steps down and pushes open the door into a red hued room that feels like another world, or at least another time: warm, unpretentious, exciting, wonderful. Photographs by Josh Gilbert, who has a story of his own Alfred H. Lane passed away on March 20th, 2002, [...]
Back-story on the Guy Who Started the Bjork Brawl
by Jennifer Stroup 01/02/2002Neighborhood: Lower East Side
One night the owner of Sweet and Vicious, Hakan, hurled a block of ice the size of a softball and hit me in the temple. I was in the middle of pouring another drunk girl a Cosmopolitan. It was a Saturday night, and the bar was absolutely packed. Her mouth flew open, revealing a piece [...]
The Conde Nast Fishbowl
by Alexander Chancellor 12/23/2001Neighborhood: Midtown
1. Here in New York I have been put in charge of a small tropical fish. Its owner has gone to Los Angeles to organize Vanity Fair’s annual Oscars party and won’t be back until the end of the month. Her parting instructions were minimal. I was just asked to sprinkle a little fish food [...]
Ritzing Away on Restaurant Week
by Norman Oder 10/28/2001Neighborhood: All Over, Manhattan
The following was written before September 11th, 2001 Like most New Yorkers, I can’t afford those restaurants that garner plaudits in Zagat’s. I’ve made some peace with that. After all, I’m less a foodie than a chowhound, scouting outer-borough ethnic eats on the weekends. At lunch, I usually brown-bag it or grab a $2.25 rice [...]
Halfway to Heaven
by Karen Louie 10/16/2001Neighborhood: World Trade Center
On the first day of October, the Windows on the World community held a memorial service for those lost in the WTC tragedy. Held at the breathtaking and enormous Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the simple and touching service managed to make everyone feel as one in love, loss and sorrow. The renowned restaurant [...]
