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Christopher Bonanos

City Editor, New York Magazine
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Christopher Bonanos is New York’s city editor. He joined the magazine in 1993 and covers urbanism, transit, and theater, as well as running the magazine’s Reread newsletter and OldNYMag Instagram feed, surfacing the best of its archives. He is also the author of Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Biography of 2018, and Instant: The Story of Polaroid.

  1. reread
    New York Magazine Party
    Happy 90th Birthday, Gloria Steinem!To celebrate, we’re republishing 15 pieces of her writing for New York.
  2. institutions
    The Chelsea Flea Market Comes Back to Life on September 12Good news, as is.
  3. books
    How Richard Avedon Shaped the America in Your HeadWe all know the his style of portraiture, but Avedon also shot thousands of advertisements, most very different from his editorial work.
  4. crime
    The Gangsters at Barneys: A Forgotten New York StoryIn 1937, five men with submachine guns held up the store.
  5. from the archives
    How New York Has Covered LGBT Life in the Years Since StonewallIn 1969, we missed the rebellion. But in the five decades since, we’ve covered the changing community.
  6. snubbed
    Searching for Alan Dershowitz on Martha’s Vineyard My mission to find America’s most snubbed man.
  7. fixations
    I Think About This a Lot: A Song About New York From This ’70s MusicalThere’s a joke in the lyrics about alternate-side-of-the-street parking, for god’s sake.
  8. from the archives
    A Hard Look at the Original ModelizerRevisiting our 1988 profile of Elite Model Management founder John Casablancas, whose inappropriate behavior was no secret in the fashion industry.
  9. from the archives
    The Hottest Fashion Show of 1987 Took Place a Week After the Market CrashedRevisiting Julie Baumgold’s report on the opulent spectacle of Christian Lacroix’s first New York show.
  10. from the archives
    Remembering When Christie Hefner Took Over PlayboyLally Weymouth profiled Hugh Hefner’s then-29-year-old daughter, the newly appointed president of Playboy Enterprises, in a 1982 New York cover story.
  11. from the archives
    Looking Back at 40 Years of New York’s Fertility JournalismThe millennial baby-boom, in vitro fertilization, later-in-life pregnancies, and more.
  12. from the archives
    Revisiting Nora Ephron on the Artifice of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’Ephron’s 1973 New York piece, “Bobby Riggs, the Lady-Killer,” displays her deadly aim and clear-eyed skepticism.
  13. from the archives
    What Happened When a Female Film Critic Offered to Take Porn SeriouslyIn the 1970s, Molly Haskell tried to look at a wave of explicit movies as a new avenue for interesting art. They didn’t perform on demand.
  14. from the archives
    A Disco-Era Cover Girl Reflects on Modeling at 13“I had the time of my life; I traveled the world. It’s a tricky, dangerous business, but for me it worked out.”
  15. from the archives
    The Year New York Almost Lost the Right to ChoosePolitics and service journalism from the early era of legal abortion.
  16. from the archives
    Looking Back at the First ‘Best Bets,’ an Analog Recommendation EngineA shopping column for a particular type of urbanite who consumed avant-garde theater and home accessories.
  17. When Bill Cunningham Photographed Editta Sherman for New YorkEditta Sherman by various landmarks, in period costumes.
  18. from the archives
    How New York Has Covered Hillary Clinton Over 24 YearsAs spouse, senator, loser, winner.
  19. from the archives
    What Has (and Hasn’t) Changed About Workplace Sexism Since 1973Office gals fetching coffee may be a thing of the past, but the working woman’s revolt certainly isn’t.
  20. 36 Famous Photographs, Perfectly Recreated With John MalkovichEvery detail has been recreated with amazing precision.
  21. from the archives
    The Diane Arbus Photo That Almost Killed New York MagazineRevisiting the Viva profile that nearly got Clay Felker fired.
  22. from the archives
    When Upscale ‘Unwed Mothers’ Were a Newborn TrendRevisiting Patricia Morrisroe’s 1983 New York feature, “Mommy Only.”
  23. lab work
    Inside Memorial Sloan Kettering’s High-Speed Pathology LabIs it cancer? They’ll know in half an hour.
  24. art
    Without Their Words, These Vintage Ads Starring Women Speak Even More LoudlyA preview of artist Hank Willis Thomas’s “Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915–2015.”
  25. encounter
    Talking to the Man Who Introduced Danish Modern Design to AmericaAt almost 99, Jens Risom is still working.
  26. design
    Massimo Vignelli: 5 Appreciations by 5 Design ProfessionalsWe are all surrounded by his work.
  27. fame
    See Imagined Portraits of the New Royal FamilyWith a special appearance from an iPhone-toting Queen Elizabeth.