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August 2008

Tompkins Square Riot

 By Paul Menchaca
 

On the night of Aug. 6, 1988, a riot broke out in New York’s Tompkins Square Park as police clashed with residents protesting a newly-enforced park curfew.

[published: August 13, 2008]

Issue 8 Editors' Note

 By Last Exit Staff
 

The After the Deluge Issue

[published: August 12, 2008]

Six Ways to Say Goodbye

 By Bryan Joiner
 

As Shea Stadium nears the end, we celebrate and mourn the underdog from Queens.

[published: August 12, 2008]

The End of the Beginning

 By Paul Menchaca
 

A flood of new money has changed the art world and changed New York and now it’s drying up. We’ve seen this all before.

[published: August 12, 2008]

The Kids are Alright

 By Keach Hagey
 

Don’t tell the punks, but they are a trapping of wealth.

[published: August 12, 2008]

Ostalgia

 By David Grocott
 

Nostalgia for East Germany’s simpler, if more oppressive, way of life still afflicts the inhabitants of the former DDR, particularly those riding the nicest trams.

[published: August 09, 2008]

The Mistress of Taliesin

 By ML Johnson
 

Frank Lloyd Wright’s many renovations haven’t exorcised the ghost of his murdered mistress from Taliesin, the home the famed architect built for her in Wisconsin.

[published: August 07, 2008]