The City Changes Its Mind
Closed mid-November 1993 · On stands late November 1993
The Front
The Fire the Cartoon Started
A house fire in Moraine, Ohio is blamed on Beavis and Butt-Head, and MTV alters the show in response
Field Notes: The Transition Office
A count of how many boxes moved out of City Hall in the week after the election, printed without comment
The Essay
A Landmark, Late
A furniture essay on why a garden-suburb housing district, of the kind built across the country between the wars, takes six decades to become official history
The Foreign File
The Treaty Takes Effect
A short dispatch on the Maastricht Treaty's entry into force, and the union it formally creates on paper this month
The Feature Well
The Election-Night Dress
A fashion note on what candidates' spouses wore to their own election nights across the country this cycle, and what the choice was meant to say
The City
The Mayor the City Did Not Keep
Rudolph Giuliani defeats incumbent David Dinkins, a turnover the Crown Heights unrest still shadows
The Gardens Made Official
Jackson Heights's garden-apartment district is designated a New York City historic district
The Back
Books: A review essay on the year's political memoirs and campaign books · Art: A gallery note on the year's photography annuals · Film: A dispatch on the year in documentary