And after a year of staring at each other's heads on Zoom, our choice this year was obvious: an anniversary issue dedicated to examining the history of the New York office, both the physical space and the human dramas that took place across cubicles and behind closed doors. They're what allowed its occupants - in all their eccentricity - PHOTOGRAPHS: WALTER SANDERS/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION VIA GETTY IMAGES (NAILS); LEE LOCKWOOD/THE LIFE IMAGES COLLECTION VIA GETTY IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES (ATLAS) TRANSMITTED COPY DD AD PD EIC TRANSMITTED 0921FEA OFFICE Intro lay [Print] 39360260.indd 20 4/23/21 10:40 PM to shine. April 26-may 9, 2021 | new york 19 The Yesteryear Issue While You Were Truly Out Sleeping at SNL Showering at Skadden Arps Sidestepping poop at the DA's Giving Mike Bloomberg your coffee order Pitching President Reagan Stress-eating with Bella Abzug Washing the Coen brothers' windows And more stories of the New York office what i want out of office gossip is what Herman Melville delivers in "Bartleby, the Scrivener, " Ur-text of Manhattan office life. [Extracted from the article]