A true journalist, Ward had no favorites — he would call B.S. on anyone and everyone (including himself)

In the 1980s, we needed an architecture critic who could see past the fool's gold of the Reagan era's glitz

“Their first conversation of any length took place at a party earlier this year, and there they talked and carried on like old friends.”

“Isolated for decades by immigration laws, language, and its dense pattern of poverty, Chinatown is changing rapidly.”

"It would be a tragic and immoral mistake to identify the mass of Negroes with the very small number that succumb to cheap and dishonest slogans, just as it would be a serious error to identify all Jews with the few who exploit Negroes under their economic sway."

Give Yourself a Huge Christmas Present Department: In 1972, Robert Downey Sr. starred in 12 pages of ads for his new film, “Greaser’s Palace.” It didn’t help much.

“The Stones, in case you don’t already know, are doing a free concert in San Francisco this Saturday. Why not New York? Jagger answered, ‘It’s too cold.’ ”

“I would like to create characters that will resonate a century from now, even to people who are not living in a gay subculture or under the gun of bigotry.”

Music Monday: The lads from Liverpool watch what they say

On June 5, 1968, Voice writer Pete Hamill was only a few feet away when RFK was shot. Hamill wrote about the experience for the following issue.