MER
December 2001
The Ward That Didn't Close
Closed mid-November 2001 · On stands late November 2001
The Front
Field Notes: November
Thanksgiving parade route notices, the season's first coat-check lines, holiday ad pages returning
The Essay
The Foreign File
Kabul, Entered
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as Taliban lines collapse across the north, five weeks into the American air campaign
The Feature Well
The City
The Ward That Didn't Close
St. Vincent's AIDS ward becomes the primary September 11 trauma center
The Four-Hundred-Eighty-Dollar Seat
The Producers announces $480 premium seats, the highest Broadway ticket price yet
The Back
November Notices
Short reviews of the season's cookbooks