A LOVE LETTER TO NEW YORK SPRING․ SUMMER 2015— ISSUE N º . 2 FREE FEATURING ALAN CUMMING ∙ YAYOI KUSAMA ∙ SCOTT ROTHKOPF ∙ KAT IRLIN MARIA CORNEJO ∙ CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN ∙ CHELSEA LEYLAND MARC BENECKE ∙ JASON ATHERTON ∙ JENNÉ LOMBARDO New York EDITION • issue no 2 3 18 . MAPPING By David Wondrich Malcolm X Blvd th MANHATTAN 106 St. Map illustration: Stefan Knecht 116th St. 1. 10. MCSORLEY’S OLD ALE HOUSE FISHS EDDY 15 E.7th St. 889 Broadway 96th St. CONTENTS New York's oldest bar. At night, a mad- Vintage housewares, including fun lots ow do you distill a city that's everything house; on a weekday afternoon, paradise. from long-closed restaurants. to everyone into 16 pages of newsprint? That was the challenge we gleefully 04 2. 11. th embarked on with this second issue of the EDITION, 86 St. H ALAN CUMMING / THE MORGAN LIBRARY CHELSEA GALLERIES On Acting, Activism and Identity our love letter to New York. To do this, we combed 14 & MUSEUM (between W.21st and 29th 225 Madison Ave. Sts. / 10th and 11th Aves.) Manhattan's side streets and outer boroughs to 06 16 J.P. Morgan built this jewel-box of a introduce you to the incredible individuals at the YAYOI KUSAMA / Hundreds of art galleries, including some The Art World's High Priestess of Polka Dots building to house his library of rare books, of the most prestigious, and some of heart of this pulsating metropolis. From newcomers Amsterdam Ave. Madison Ave. which are still there, along with an the most avant-garde in the country line 07 exactingly-curated collection of others’ these blocks. And they’re all free to visit. to those born and bred, we talked to artists, chefs, 72th St. rare books, drawings, and such. fashion insiders, nightlife impresarios, and the literati SCOTT ROTHKOPF / The Whitney Curator in Conversation with Gallerist Bill Powers 12. who proudly call New York home. 3. 08 EVERYMAN ESPRESSO THE DEAD RABBIT The city is constantly reinventing itself, surprising . 136 E.13th St. KAT IRLIN / 17 30 Water St. us, inspiring us, breaking us and making us. Even Manhattan as Muse Ave. Fine cappuccino, creative coffee and, th 9 Park Ave One of the world’s most-awarded despite its punky origins, a warm if you've only been here for 24 hours, you know the Broadway 10 th cocktail bars, the Rabbit does justice to 57 St. atmosphere. feeling. Actor Alan Cumming summed it up best both the modern cocktail revolution and MARIA CORNEJO / the early 19th-century building in which when he told us, "In New York, you walk out the The Fashion Designer's Timeless Trend it is housed. 13. door, and an adventure begins." That's the spirit FAT RADISH we channeled into the following pages. We hope 17 Orchard St. CHRISTOPHER Ave. 4. 11 th Lexington Ave. 8 you enjoy, and if not, there's nothing a few stiff DEAR IRVING Downtown's best people watching and BOLLEN / 55 Irving Pl. duck fat truffle fries. Trust us. Manhattans can't fix. A New York State of Mind 42th St. Just plain lovely. Genteel cocktails in a genteel setting. Ave. 14. XO, Ave. th d r 7 3 ALEXANDRA Ave. THE COSTUME INSTITUTE th Yasha, Emily, and the EDITION crew 12 2 th 10 34 St. AT THE MET EAST RIVER 5. BONNESEN / 1000 Fifth Ave. NYC Valentine EISENBERG’S SANDWICH See the frocks that changed fashion by Ave. SHOP Ave. th 12 nd th Ave. Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, 2 6 11 174 5th Ave. and more. One visit here, and your closet CHELSEA LEYLAND / will have never felt so underdressed. Soundtrack to a City 23th St. 10 8 A survivor: pretty much the last old- 11 7 time lunch counter in New York. Get a sandwich and an egg cream and pretend 13 6 you’re being filmed in black and white. 15. 4 MARC BENECKE / Ave. STOREFRONT FOR ART st Ave. Confessions of a Studio 54 Doorman h 1 t 9 5 AND ARCHITECTURE 14th St. 6. 97 Kenmare St. 14 5 12 EATALY 200 5th Ave. Engage your inner architect at this iconic JASON ATHERTON / 1 exhibition space. The Hospitality Heavyweight in Conversation with Frank Roberts The world of Italian food—eat there, take out, or cook from home—and don’t 15 . forget the rooftop beer garden, where 16. Houston St JENNÉ LOMBARDO / 13 you can explore the fascinating, and new, HALF GALLERY 20 Questions for a Fashion Mastermind 15 world of Italian craft brewing. W’burg Bridge 43 E.78th St. Delancey St View great art by established and HUDSON RIVER 7. emerging talents like our back cover artist Daniel Heidkamp. Canal STRAND BOOK STORE St. y 828 Broadway Illustration: Lucy Eldridge Broadwa CONTRIBUTORS E. Practically the last survivor of the old 17. Fourth Avenue used-book district, the LINCOLN CENTER Strand is as big as all of the other shops 10 Lincoln Center Plaza THE USUAL is a creative team specializing in smart, irreverent storytell- featuring original cover art by George Condo. Powers spent a day at the FRANK ROBERTS is the New York EDITION's Director of Culture and Manhattan Br put together. Budget at least an hour. ing. We are EMILY ANDERSON (creative director) and YASHA WALLIN new Whitney with curator Scott Rothkopf talking shop (page 7). Entertainment. Roberts has been in the hospitality and nightlife industry Great for ballerina spotting, opera hear- (editorial director)―best friends, global connectors, and cultural en- for over 20 years, climbing the ladder from bar back, to waiter, to bar man- ing, and rare-film screening. Essentially thusiasts. The Usual puts together the EDITION, an ongoing publication KEN MILLER is a curator, writer and creative director. He has published ager. In 2005 he met Ian Schrager and was tapped to launch the Rose Bar Brook idge celebrating the cities we love around the world, through interviews, three books on art, photo and fashion with Rizzoli, with events at the at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Roberts has honed his culture-centric vision lyn Brid 8. your one stop culture shop. essays, photography, and more. New Museum, Tate Modern, and Colette (Paris), among many others. He from his love for travel (rumor has it he was on a hammock in Costa Rica ge THE CLOCKTOWER contributes "Under the Influence," a recurring series for T: The New York when asked to join the EDITION team). On page 14, he talks with chef 5 Madison Ave. 18. CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN is a writer and editor who lives in New York. Times Style magazine. In his profile piece on page 6, he channeled the Jason Atherton. He is currently the editor at large of Interview magazine. His second novel, High Priestess of Polka Dots, Yayoi Kusama. Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton's THE STUDIO MUSEUM 3 Orient, a literary murder mystery, is out from Harper in May 2015. For this DAVID WONDRICH, Esquire's longtime drinks editor, is the author of New York debut serves playful, sophis- IN HARLEM issue, Bollen gets us into his New York state of mind with an essay to the BEN PUNDOLE is a hotelier, VP of Brand Experience at EDITION Punch and the James Beard Award-winning Imbibe, a history of the ticated cuisine. Expect a great burger, 144 W.125th St. city on page 11. Hotels and editor-in-chief for the travel site AHotelLife.com. The British-born American cocktail and of its first great practitioner, Jerry Thomas, who British-influenced starters, and next entrepreneur has been involved in the startup and development of many kept a bar at Broadway and 22nd St. Although born in Pittsburgh, Won- level chicken and gravy. A nexus for artists of African descent, BILL POWERS runs Half Gallery and writes a monthly interview column hotels and hotel chains, including EDITION, Morgans Hotel Group, Rus- drich has lived in the city since 1979 and knows his way around pretty like innovators Kehinde Wiley, Kara for ARTnews. He has also contributed to Purple Fashion magazine, the chmeyers, Surf Lodge, and King & Grove. Also a food and beverage aficio- well. For this issue, he selected our map items (left) of the best spots in Walker, and Mickalene Thomas. New York Times, Muse magazine and Vanity Fair. In September, Morel nado, Pundole takes us on an after hours tour of Williamsburg, on page 5. Manhattan to drink, be merry, and more. 9. Books will publish his adaptation of Balzac's "The Unknown Masterpiece" WINE MERCHANTS 108 E.16th St. Unusual and rare Italian wines and a The New York EDITION fearsomely knowledgeable staff. Good Central Park has 9,000 benches, which 57 St / 7 Ave 5 Madison Ave. for sneaking a night cap back into your would stretch 7 miles if placed end to end. [N Q R] hotel room. STATUE OF LIBERTY 4―EDITION NEW YORK IQ NEW YORK IQ 5 New Yorkers drink almost seven times more coffee than those in other US cities. When the first subway opened in NYC it cost 5 cents to ride. Wild(ish) Williamsburg: Pundy's Picks ALAN CUMMING “I ALWAYS THINK THAT Whether it's Miami, Shanghai or Cuba, as VP of Brand Experience for EDITION Hotels and founder of the inno- IN NEW YORK, YOU WALK OUT vative travel site A Hotel Life, Ben Pundole is seemingly We first met Alan Cumming at a party at New York's SOHO House. Along with his husband, they enthusiastically showed everywhere all at once. In reality though, the British born us photos of their dogs Jerry and Leon on an iPhone, gushing like proud parents.