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A big whopping celebration of New York magazine's first fifty years - stocked with new material, along with groundbreaking writing from the magazine's archives by legends like Tom Wolfe, Gloria Steinem, Nora Ephron, and Stephen Sondheim - this oversized full-color book will serve as the centerpiece for a year of fiftieth-anniversary events and other festivities.From its first issue in April 1968, New York magazine has been a vital part of life for readers within and beyond the five boroughs, covering everything from politics and food to style and celebrity. It was the birthplace of New Journalism, publishing legendary stories that inspired a blockbuster film about disco, infiltrated Black Panther parties in Leonard Bernstein's apartment, introduced us to two hermit sisters living in a dilapidated estate called Grey Gardens, launched a magazine called Ms.