Goodbye, Boldface

It breaks The Transom’s heart to say goodbye to Boldface, The New York Times‘ sort-of gossip column. Joyce Wadler took it to scarifying heights of convoluted contempt and joy; then young Campbell Robertson took over and proceeded to write the holy shit out of it. Under his tenure, it was often a jaw-dropping treasure of Read More

The Public Life of Joyce Wadler

On the afternoon of May 26, The New York Times ‘ Boldface Names columnist, Joyce Wadler, arrived at

On the afternoon of May 26, The New York Times ‘ Boldface Names columnist, Joyce Wadler, arrived at Cipriani 42nd Street to cover furrier Dennis Basso’s fall fashion show, toting a leopard-printed umbrella and pen-marked leather bag. Read More

Spinola, Betts: You Better THINK

The competition for the commission at Ground Zero seemed to be undergoing a late-breaking shift in momentum.

On Feb. 25, when the final two architectural candidates presented modifications of their original designs to a team of rebuilding officials and city and state representatives, the favorite was Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind, whose proposed crystalline structures surround Read More