February 22, 1999 Issue, THE NEW YORKER

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- The Mail, pp. 12-15
- Goings On About Town, pp. 16-40
- The Talk of the Town
  Nancy Franklin
  , pp. 41-49
- Personal History
  Frank McCourt
  , pp. 50-57
  New in Town
- Around City Hall
  Elizabeth Kolbert
  , pp. 58-62
  Lighten Up
- Annals of Real Estate
  Susan Orlean
  , p. 63
  I Want This Apartment
- "Mr. X"
  Mary Jo Salter
  , pp. 64-75
- Shouts & Murmurs
  David Owen
  , pp. 76-77
  Ripoff!
- Letters from Queens
  Philip Gourevitch
  , pp. 78-100
  A Husband for Dil
- "Conclusion"
  Howard Moss
  , pp. 101-103
- Onward and Upward with the Arts
  David Remnick
  , pp. 104-117
  The Imperial Stagehand
- Sketchbook: New York Netherworld
  George Booth
  , pp. 118-119
- The Wayward Press
  Hendrik Hertzberg
  , pp. 120-131
  Topless Tabloids of Gotham
- Letter from Brooklyn
  Hilton Als
  , pp. 132-141
  The Dope Show
- Life and Letters
  Mark Singer
  , pp. 142-151
  Joe Mitchell's Secret
- A Critic At Large
  Cynthia Ozick
  , p. 152
  The Synthetic Sublime
- Drawing
  Saul Steinberg
  , pp. 153-161
- Dancing
  Joan Acocella
  , pp. 162-165
  New York City Ballet
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  Books: Getting Even (Review)
  Daphne Merkin
  , pp. 166-171
  Ex-Friends, by Norman Podhoretz
  1. Ex-Friends by Norman Podhoretz
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  Briefly Noted (6 Reviews) , pp. 172-173
  Writing New York, by Phillip Lopate
  1. Writing New York by Phillip Lopate
  2. Street Kingdom by Douglas Century
  3. The Last Avant-Garde by David Lehman
  4. Hirschfeld on Line by Al Hirschfeld
  5. The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn by Kenneth T. Jackson and John B. Manbeck
  6. Invisible New York by Stanley Greenberg
- The Art World
  Peter Schjeldahl
  , pp. 174-175
  John Currin
- The Sky Line
  Paul Goldberger
  , pp. 176-181
  How Donald Trump does it
- The Theatre
  John Lahr
  , pp. 182-183
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  The Current Cinema (2 Reviews)
  David Denby
  , pp. 184-186
  Popular Mechanics
  1. October Sky (1999 Film) by Joe Johnston
  2. Message in a Bottle (1999 Film) by Luis Mandoki
- Crossword, p. 187
- The Back Page
  R. Sikoryak
  , pp. 188-190
- Cover: City of Dreams
  Edward Sorel