FEATURES
FIFTY YEARS LATER,
LOOKING FOR LAST EXIT
BKLYNR, October 10, 2014
Chasing Hubert Selby’s ghost through the neighborhood he captured in his controversial classic.
THE PREACHER
WHO WOULD BE MAYOR
The L Magazine, November 2, 2009
Tagging along on Rev. Billy's improbable Green party run against Michael Bloomberg.
WHY NEW YORKERS
COULDN'T STAND THE TWIN TOWERS
Gothamist, September 8, 2016
Before the World Trade Center was destroyed, it was a hated symbol of brutal twentieth-century modernism.
THE FIRST GENTRIFIERS
BKLYNR, November 6, 2014
In the nineteenth century, yellow fever dealt a punishing blow to those living in present-day Bay Ridge. That’s when the artists swooped in.
PETER MATTEI:
COOL NORTHERN LIGHT
Opera News, February 2018
The Swedish baritone returns to the Met as Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal. (Cover story)
TOWARD AN ECO-FRIENDLY DEATH
The L Magazine, July 8, 2009
A survey of trends in American mourning, including green burials, cremation and virtual memorials. (Graduate thesis.)
WILLIAMSBURG'S LAST DOMINO:
A GENTRIFICATION TIME BOMB?
The L Magazine, August 18, 2010
The effects of a luxury development on a Brooklyn neighborhood. (Cover story)