The editor had become the number-one topic at every Hamptons din­ner party, where people gossiped about his temper, his flashy clothes, about the gun he sup­posedly keeps in his desk...

"The world beneath Man­hattan is a cake of endless layers, a foundation as deep as the Chrysler Build­ing is high."

Inside: Paloma Picasso's purse, Joel Steinberg's jail cell, Andre Soltner's refrigerator, Phil Simms' locker, Eileen Ford's living room, Helen Gurley Brown's desk drawer, John Lennon's FBI File, Charles Busch's closet, Radu's medicine chest & Sheila Metzner's bedroom, among other places you don't belong

"George Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner, has said repeatedly that the team is not for sale. But the beauty of eminent domain is that for once the Boss' feel­ings don't matter."

In 1989, 7 Days covered the rise of John Gotti in a very graphic fashion

He came to New York and got Charles Saatchi to sell some paintings. He wooed Leo Castelli and is getting awfully friendly with his artists. He has a "past," a future, and a slick wardrobe. He's Larry Gagosian, the man the art world loves to hate.

Once there was a muddah tongue. But today, the city's dialects have become almost as stratified as the city's populations. Charles Siebert describes the slow death of the New York accent.