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A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

How Paris leveraged the Olympics to transform a rust-belt dockland area into a 125-acre “Village” featuring Paris’s greatest natural asset: the Seine …

BEHIND THE WHITE CURTAIN

Michael Rubin may be top dog among guests of his annual White Party, but some Wall Street insiders question the health of his company, reports William D. Cohan …

DONALD, DUCK!

In the wake of last week’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Peter Osnos—who edited The Art of the Deal—recalls the former president’s other narrow escapes from disaster …

REMEMBER IT, JAKE

On the 50th anniversary of Chinatown’s release, Sam Wasson reflects on the film’s distinctive glamour, and how it timelessly mingled the best of Old and New Hollywood …

THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH

What led to Donald Trump’s assassination attempt? If you ask Republicans, normally staunch champions of the First Amendment, Joe Biden’s rhetoric is as much to blame as the man who fired the gun …

RICH MIGRATION

Athens! Milan! Dubai! When it comes to tax havens, the ultra-wealthy really know how to pick them, as they flee the political and economic instability of their home countries in droves …

STROKE OF GENIUS

Léon Marchand, the 22-year-old French Olympian, has taken the swimming world by storm with technique and speed to rival Michael Phelps’s …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE! …

Joan Didion’s right-hand man … remembering Kevin Costner’s pre-Horizon flop … how women’s liberation transformed America … Jonathan Lethem divulges his travel itinerary … Minorca is booming—and as charming as ever … Vote for this week’s biggest Attention Whore!

But First …
Issue No. 262

The View from Here The Olympic Village by the Seine provided city planners with a chance to create a new, socially equitable, and eco-friendly neighborhood

By Joseph Giovannini
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Aural History

Dodging Bullets Trump has a long history of surviving sex scandals, bankruptcies, criminal investigations, impeachments, lawsuits—and now this

By Peter Osnos
Illustration by Ross MacDonald
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White Out!

Gatsby to the Jersey-Wearing Set Thanks to his White Party, Michael Rubin is one of the most popular billionaires in America. But rumors on Wall Street suggest his sports-merchandising business is struggling

By William D. Cohan
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Air Supply

Splash Out

Being poolside, beachside, riverside, and so on is an art and a pastime. If you’re bellying up to a body of water anytime soon, AIR SUPPLY has everything you need—from Love Brand’s terry shorts to a Lack of Color sun hat, to Vacation whipped S.P.F.—to bask brilliantly
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Photo: Toni Frissell Collection/Universal Images Group/Getty Images (woman with boat)
Guest Edit

Julie de Libran’s Favorite Things The Paris-based fashion designer and vintage collector shares her favorite finds, including an Anya Hindmarch bucket bag, a Lutava yoga mat, Celine cat-eye sunglasses, and more

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Photo: Sylvia Lancrenon (de Libran)
A Weak Constitution

Words and Deeds In blaming Biden’s rhetoric for Trump’s attempted assassination, Republicans are guilty not just of hypocrisy but of endangering a value they claim to hold dear: free speech

By James Kirchick
Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop
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Landing Gear

There’s No Time Like Yesterday An instant camera that sets a new standard! A blast from the wristwatch past! The best way to listen to radio stations from around the world! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis
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Money Trail

Migration Patterns of the Very Rich Brits in Milan, Russians in Dubai, Egyptians in Athens … It feels like the entire 1 percent is on the move in search of lower taxes—and a taste of the good life

By Elena Clavarino
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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump gets shot, Democrats and Republicans get hot, and Joe Biden still won’t drop (out)

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Small Talk
“Julian is still adjusting to in-person, so he’ll call in to this meeting from the back of the room.”
“Julian is still adjusting to in-person, so he’ll call in to this meeting from the back of the room.”
La Vie Aquatique

All Eyes on Léon Marchand Meet the French Olympic swimming prodigy smashing Michael Phelps’s records—with the help of Phelps’s longtime coach

By Jack Sullivan
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Best
LOOK Il Dolce Far Niente In Italian, il dolce far niente translates to “the sweetness of doing nothing.” Nowhere is the concept so wholly adopted as… SLEEP Olivia von Halle x de Gournay Olivia von Halle’s silk pajamas are so tailored and elegant, the style set has been known to wear them… LISTEN NTS Radio Five years ago, “Nuts to Soup” Radio (NTS) was a “cult” Internet-radio station. Founded in 2011 by Femi Adeyemi out of Hackney… SIP Antica Terra Those fortunate enough to spend the dog days of summer in the Pacific Northwest are almost required to visit the Willamette… READ Miss MacIntosh, My Darling Dalkey Archive, the publisher of out-of-print literary rarities, recently reissued… WATCH For the Love of Kitchens Home-renovation shows tend to follow the same convention: so-and-so has always wanted a kitchen… LOOK Il Dolce Far Niente In Italian, il dolce far niente translates to “the sweetness of doing nothing.” Nowhere is the concept so wholly adopted as… SLEEP Olivia von Halle x de Gournay Olivia von Halle’s silk pajamas are so tailored and elegant, the style set has been known to wear them… LISTEN NTS Radio Five years ago, “Nuts to Soup” Radio (NTS) was a “cult” Internet-radio station. Founded in 2011 by Femi Adeyemi out of Hackney… SIP Antica Terra Those fortunate enough to spend the dog days of summer in the Pacific Northwest are almost required to visit the Willamette… READ Miss MacIntosh, My Darling Dalkey Archive, the publisher of out-of-print literary rarities, recently reissued… WATCH For the Love of Kitchens Home-renovation shows tend to follow the same convention: so-and-so has always wanted a kitchen…
Film Classics

Black Sun Gritty and glamorous, Chinatown combined the best of Old and New Hollywood

By Sam Wasson
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Small Talk

Henry Alford’s “This or That” A pop quiz of cultural phenomena

By Henry Alford
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Books
Romesh Ratnesar On

Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

by Anne Applebaum
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Sarah Weinman On

The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

by Dan Slater
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A Literary Companion

The Last Days of Joan Didion Cory Leadbeater looked after the author in her final days—and after them, too

By Helen Rumbelow
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Open Book

Poster City A new book collects a century of posters and advertisements that shaped New York City’s rise as the cultural capital of the world

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A depiction of a Pennsylvania Railroad car float that moved between the company’s yards in New Jersey and Manhattan, circa 1950.
The first representation of New York’s cityscape at night as a single form, by Adolph Treidler, 1927.
A depiction of Manhattan skyscrapers, used to convey the size of Royal Mail Line’s transatlantic ships, by Horace Taylor, circa 1924.
A painting for an unrealized TWA poster featuring Paul Manship’s Rockefeller Center sculpture set against the lights of Times Square, by David Klein, circa 1960.
An early Aer Lingus advertisement designed for the Irish company’s first flights to Boston and New York, by Treidler, circa 1960.
One of the earliest examples of photography to be featured in a travel poster, made for the short-lived Cunard-White Star Line, circa 1935.
Another TWA poster by Klein, who designed dozens for the company, circa 1960.
A visual made for Swissair’s introduction of the Douglas DC-6B aircraft for international routes, by Henri Ott, 1951.
The first poster to use a typographic motif, made for Iberia’s direct service to New York aboard the Lockheed Super Constellation, 1966.
Manhattan seen from under the Brooklyn Bridge, a popular composition since the 1930s, circa 1959.
An advertisement for one of Red Star Line’s most well-known vessels, the Westernland, made to encourage immigration to New York, by Carl Saltzmann, 1893.
The poster for the 1939 World’s Fair, featuring the renowned Trylon and Perisphere structures, built for the event, by Joseph Binder, 1939.
A poster of Rockefeller Center that pre-dates the building’s completion—and inaccurately represents the surrounding area, as several buildings were never realized—by Leslie Ragan, circa 1935.
A photomontage announcing Swissair’s use of the Douglas DC-6B aircraft for new nonstop flights to Europe, by Ott, circa 1951.
A poster designed to promote bus travel to New York, by Rod Ruth, circa 1960.
A painting for an unrealized TWA poster by Klein, circa 1964.
A collage of New York photographs made for visitors interested in the city’s youthful culture and nightlife, circa 1967.
A precursor to Klein’s illustration of Times Square, by Dick Negus and Philip Sharland, circa 1954.
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Small Talk
Book Excerpt

The Making of a Movement In the 1960s and 1970s, women’s liberation transformed America. Voices from that time tell how it came to be

By Clara Bingham
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Film

Kevin Costner’s Post Apocalypse The Postman was meant to be the Oscar winner’s magnum opus—instead it became the tale of a superstar’s self-indulgence

By Tom Fordy
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Small Talk
“My post got a trillion likes!”
“My post got a trillion likes!”
Listen

Is Milano the New Monaco? On this week’s podcast, Elena Clavarino reveals why being a tax exile is the new flex for the 1 percent

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Close-up

Clarence Maclin In his breakout role, the formerly incarcerated actor stars alongside Colman Domingo and Paul Raci in the semi-biographical film Sing Sing

By Jack Sullivan
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Highlight

Stranger than Fiction Teatro Nuovo gives Carolina Uccelli’s lone surviving opera, Anna di Resburgo, a long-overdue second shot

By Matthew Gurewitsch
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Travel

The Minorca Report One of the most low-key islands in Europe has retained its tranquility, despite the arrival of stylish new hotels

By Alexander Lobrano
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The Seasoned Traveler

Jonathan Lethem The novelist behind Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude reveals his travel routine

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Tanu Vasu’s Sketchbook
I was inspired by the Art Deco shape of old-world keyholes, but I wanted to turn my gaze around and peep out at the glamour and beautiful entropy of New York City streets. A saturated pink hue creates a hazy appearance, resembling an old window covered with amber tones of dust accumulated over decades of history. I wanted to look through the keyhole and celebrate the city’s lustrous chaos.
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In Memoriam

Peter Bogdanovich Duncan Hannah Douglas McGrath Richard David Story André Leon Talley

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