The never-ending battle for the soul of New York City is a dependable subject for nonfiction writers. In his walloping new book, “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth ...

The journalist’s The Gods of New York surveys the overlapping crises facing New York City in the last four years of the 1980s. Why did you focus on the final years of the 1980s? During the 2016 ...

Mr. Mahler is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of the forthcoming book “The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: ...

New York City in the 1980s was not necessarily a beacon of hope. By then, the crack cocaine epidemic had fully sunk its teeth in, with homicide rates reaching rates that had never been seen before, ...

Jonathan Mahler’s new book portrays the city’s rebirth as a glitzy capital of global finance — and a petri dish of ego, ambition and class division. Credit...Matt Dorfman Supported by By Garth Risk ...

One night in 1982, the painter Jane Dickson had a stirring encounter with time, place and genius. The era was one of seismic shifts set off by a hungry new generation of New York art masters. The ...

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The New York that Mahler describes is unstable, vulgar and dangerous. Substance abuse and homelessness are public health emergencies. Histrionics and tribalism have become the coin of the realm in ...