‘City’ Goes Dark: Writers Reflect on the Closing of a Times Section

Last week New York Times executive editor Bill Keller

“Where are we gonna find those pieces—those neighborhood pieces?” Mr. Hajdu wondered. “I’m not inclined to over-romanticize or glorify the mundane, but what you’d find there in unexpected quarters of the City were wonderful surprises.”

Mr. Lopate, who has written profiles of architecture critic Read More

Down by the Water’s Edge: A Meander Around Manhattan

Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan, by Phillip Lopate. Crown Publishers, 421 pages, $25.95

Acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate, who grew up in the crowded slums of Williamsburg, has long marveled at the transformation of his native city over the last half-century. In Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan , he laces up his sneakers and sets Read More