New York Magazine: April 11, 2022 Issue

Table of Contents

April 11, 2022

Cover Story

When Kyiv Arrived on 7th Street

Our anniversary “Yesteryear” issue chronicles more than a century of life in the Ukrainian Village.

On the Cover: Welcome to the Ukrainian Festival, 1978. Painting by Yaroslava Surmach Mills.

features

Chapter 1: ‘The World Was Ukrainian’

A stubborn and surprising immigrant enclave, hiding in plain sight on the Lower East Side.

By Christopher Bonanos
Chapter 2: A Community’s History in Four Buildings

The key landmarks of the Ukrainian East Village.
Chapter 3: A Journey Down the Borscht River

Eating my way through my ancestors’ food, again and again and again.

By Jason Diamond
Chapter 4: What the Neighbors Remember

Fourteen recollections of hot beeswax, scouting, smuggling, and resurrections. Plus: The Underground Rock History of the Ukrainian National Home

Intelligencer

Departments

Strategist

Best Bets

Unconventional gifts for a resurgent wedding season.
The One-Page Guide

To flying semi-private.
The Look Book

Sunbathers at Herbert Von King Park.
The Rise of the Gastrotavern

At Inga’s Bar and several other recently opened places, New York’s oldest style of restaurant gets new life.
The Restaurant Review

At Mena, Victoria Blamey wants to challenge a crowd as much as please it.
The Underground Gourmet

Can New York be a great herring town again?

The Culture Pages