The Story Newsweek Killed
Closed mid-February 1998 · On stands late February 1998
The Front
Index of the Thaw
Numbers of a false-spring February — heating bills, potholes logged, days until pitchers and catchers
The Essay
The Man Who Wouldn't Wait
The Drudge Report runs the Lewinsky story Newsweek held back; what the internet's lack of an editor's desk is about to do to the profession that has one
The Foreign File
Zagreb, After the Applause
A stringer's note on a peace process nobody is covering anymore because nobody has to
The Feature Well
The Last Dance Floor on Wabash Avenue
A season-ending look at the club rooms a stretch of downtown Chicago is losing to a decade of rezoning, filed before the news made it timely
The City
What the Swipe Costs
The MetroCard's pay-per-ride bonus and Unlimited Ride cards, reported through the fare-collection contract and the vending machines arriving to do the token clerk's job
Last Call at the Palladium
The Palladium is sold to New York University and will be demolished for a dormitory
The Back
Books: A short review of a debut novel set downtown · Art: Notes from a quiet month on the regional museum circuit · Film: Two February releases, briefly noted