Published Apr 21, 2016
Modified Apr 22, 2016
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In honor of Prince, who has left us way too early, the next The New Yorker's cover is all about The Purple One.
The cover is by Bob Staake; here is Sasha Frere-Jones's 2007 piece about seeing Prince in Las Vegas and Claire Hoffman's 2008 visit to Prince's home in Los Angeles: "In the living room, he’d installed purple thrones on either side of a fireplace, and, nearby, along a hallway, he had hung photographs of himself, in a Moroccan villa, in various states of undress."
Jen Chung co-created Gothamist in 2002 with Jake Dobkin, establishing it as a website about New York City and everything that happens in it and an essential must-read for New Yorkers. She also launched sites across the country and world, including DCist, LAist, and Londonist. She loves learning about NYC arcana and meeting bodega cats. She is currently Senior Editor of NYC Accountability in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom.
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