Susan Kathryn Hefti - Culture & Politics Reporter - The Preservation Diaries Archive

Susan Kathryn Hefti's column,  The Preservation Diaries , was originally published by the online magazine,  The Clyde Fitch Report , which covered the nexus between culture & politics, particularly in NYC. Ms. Hefti's column was also frequently reprinted by  Historic Districts Council   and several other venerable NYC historic preservation organizations. Ms. Hefti's article entitled,  The Phantom's of Holden Caufield's Youth,  was originally published by  The Clyde Fitch Report  on January 20, 2010. Below is an archival reprint of The Phantoms of Holden Caufield's Youth   by Susan Kathryn Hefti : Mercifully, a July 2009 federal court ruling spared the 76-year-old version of Holden Caulfield the experience of padding about the New York City streets that were such an indelible part of his adolescent universe.    In finding that the new novel,  60 Years Later:   Coming Through The Rye  — in which Swedish author ...

Susan Kathryn Hefti's column,  The Preservation Diaries , was originally published by the online magazine,  The Clyde Fitch Report , which covered the nexus between culture & politics, particularly in NYC. Ms. Hefti's column was also frequently reprinted by  Historic Districts Council  and several other venerable NYC historic preservation organizations. Ms. Hefti's article entitled,  Blame It On Rothko,  was originally published by  The Clyde Fitch Report  on May 6, 2010. Below is an archival reprint of  Blame It On Rothko by Susan Kathryn Hefti : In his Oct. 2, 1959 review of what would become one of New York City’s most radiant, enduring symbols of the power luncheon, venerable New York Times restaurant critic Craig Claiborne exalted the sublime delights of the Four Seasons’ herbed lobster parfait. He  rhapsodized poetically over the succulent morsels of crustacea  “enrobed in a devastatingly rich blend of whipped cream a...

Susan Kathryn Hefti's column, The Preservation Diaries , was originally published by the online magazine, The Clyde Fitch Report , which covered the nexus between culture & politics, particularly in NYC.  Ms. Hefti's column was also frequently reprinted by Historic Districts Council and several other venerable NYC historic preservation organizations. Her article entitled, Can Los Angeles Teach Gotham About City Planning and Historic Preservation?  was originally published by The Clyde Fitch Report on January 6, 2010. Below is an archival reprint of  Can Los Angeles Teach Gotham About City Planning and Historic Preservation?  by Susan Kathryn Hefti: The French artist and engineer, Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant, must have thought he had died and gone to heaven. President George Washington had asked his fellow revolutionary soldier to design the nation’s capital city on what was a near-empty canvas: the land designated by the fledgling U.S. Congress was still relat...