On the Cover of New York Magazine: ‘Reasons to Love New York’

Read this week’s cover story, features and more Illustration by Jeanne Verdoux   For New York’s 16th annual [“Reasons to Love New York” issue](, the magazine presents a tribute to 500 of the places that have closed since the pandemic began, including China Chalet, Clover Delicatessen, Frank’s Cocktail Lounge, Gem Spa, Lucky Strike, Snowdays, and more. The package features send-offs from Allison P. Davis, Emma Straub, Jiayang Fan, Mark Harris, Padma Lakshmi, Rumaan Alam, Wyatt Cenac, and many more, celebrating the places we ate, danced, shopped, got sweaty, and lived our New York City lives. The cover features illustrations from French visual artist Jeanne Verdoux, who has lived in New York City for 20 years. “It is shocking to see places I went to are disappearing. To me they ARE New York,” says Verdoux. Many of the businesses captured in her drawings are places Verdoux herself is mourning, such as B Bar, Century 21, Carroll Gardens Diner, and Jeffrey New York, among others. She captured 38 businesses in just one week for the purposes of this cover. “I went inside a drawing tunnel with my ink brush and became a drawing machine,” she says of her process. “The drawings are a gestural expression of what I see. Very spontaneous. Little to no edits to the first impression.” [read the cover story](     Inside This Issue Curbed [Farewell to Odessa, Once a Place for Pierogies and a Lost Friendship “It was just there, and now it isn’t.”]( Vulture [The First (And Dear God, It Better Be the Last) Quarries In which we award the most original, absurd, scrappy, and ingenious works that shaped our year in quarantine.]( Intelligencer [We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time The silver bullet we’ve been waiting for took all of one weekend to design.]( Curbed [Farewell to My Go-To Ruth Reichl, Rumaan Alam, Jiayang Fan, and more on losing the place where they were a regular.]( Grub Street [Cold Comforts at Mokyo and Silver Apricot Two downtown Asian-inspired kitchens brave the elements with distinctly personal, creative cooking.]( Vulture [Nothing Made Sense in 2020 — Unless You Were on the Internet The culture of quarantine brain.](     Holiday sale: [Save 60%]( and get unlimited access to everything New York.     More From This Issue:   • Design editor Wendy Goodman [tours]( an 1880 artist’s cottage in the Rockaways that feels like a ship. • Lowbrow brilliant: Pandemic silver lining: SantaCon is off this year. View this issue’s [Approval Matrix](, our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies. • Writer Chris Crowley [reviews](a new Mexican deli in Bushwick with real-deal Birria. • 22 across: Classic 1957 courtroom drama about guys who skipped lunch?. Play this week’s [Crossword Puzzle](. • Check out [nymag.com]( all week for more, including the Look Book’s (final) visit to MeMe’s Diner, Stella Bugbee on the year that Instagram couldn’t handle, and our cultural critics’ 2020 top 10 lists.     In Case You Missed It:   • OurNovember 23–December 6]( issue [documented]( the underground New York party scene that has emerged in the wake of the pandemic. • Senior art critic Jerry Saltz was on the SXSW Sessions podcast, giving [advice for creatives]( in all walks of life, and explaining how he thinks the creative process can still thrive during challenging times. • Host of [The Cut](podcast Avery Trufelman joins the latest episode of Slate’s [Dear Prudence](.     Read this week’s cover story, features and more [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily)   |   [privacy notice](   |   [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2020, All rights reserved