Alex Vadukul

Illicit Nightclub in a Chelsea Water Tower

nytimes.com — A trapdoor in the water tower opened when the guests approached. Thumping live music, candlelight, chatter and the sound of clinking glasses emerged, as well as a helping hand. Inside was a round wooden space no bigger than a freight elevator, filled with about a dozen people sipping whiskey cocktails.

Racing the Clock and a Storm

nytimes.com — MOORE, Okla. - A half-hour - maybe. Early Monday afternoon at the Shear Perfection hair salon, a stylist named Lisa Lentz decided to outrace it. Her one o'clock, a cut-and-color, was done, but two other clients had just canceled, and the ominous tone of Gary England, the meteorological oracle on News 9, commanded attention.

Racing the Clock and a Storm

nytimes.com — MOORE, Okla. - A half-hour - maybe. Early Monday afternoon at the Shear Perfection hair salon, a stylist named Lisa Lentz decided to outrace it. Her one o'clock, a cut-and-color, was done, but two other clients had just canceled, and the ominous tone of Gary England, the meteorological oracle on News 9, commanded attention.

American Circus - Arts - Grave Diggings

amcircus.com — Like moths to incandescence, journalism's implosion has been accompanied by the fluttering of endless media-theorizing gadflies, each advancing some pet thesis about the demise of the profession. They would do well to heed the clever Montaigne quote opening the latest n+1 editorial, on the fate of magazines, "just because an industry is dying does not make it something else."

The Oral History of NY1

complex.com — The story of the little channel that took on the big city, as told by the people who lived it. As told to Hannah Miet (@HannahMiet) It was summertime in New York City, 1992. David Dinkins was mayor. The city was mourning the 27 passengers who died aboard U.S.