The Procession
Closed mid-April 1997 · On stands late April 1997
The Front
The Meridian Index: May
Home-closing costs in a mid-sized Midwestern market, garage sales licensed by a Ohio county clerk, the average diner-counter breakfast tab in the Rust Belt
The Box Seat at Churchill Downs
The going rate for a Kentucky Derby box climbs again; a mint julep at trackside now costs what a decent bottle costs at the liquor store
The Essay
The Foreign File
The Campaign Underway
Britain's general election campaign enters its final weeks, with Tony Blair's Labour Party holding a commanding lead in the polls over John Major's Conservatives
The Feature Well
The City
Subject: The Notorious B.I.G.'s funeral procession moves through Brooklyn; police clash with mourners along the route
The Back
Books: A review essay on the spring's hip-hop criticism · Art: Notes from the May gallery walks · Film: The summer previews, briefly