Liz Smith

• 1988: A profile of Donald Trump by Liz Smith was published in an anniversary issue of New York magazine. “Twenty years ago there sprang from the loins of the New York Herald Tribune the magazine called New York. […] New York is going all out to celebrate the 20th anniversary -- these galas seem to be a magazine disease nowadays -- with four issues of reminiscing and stock-taking. […] This week (April 25), to conclude the birthday party, New York proves that old habits die hard. The magazine that has done so much over the years to make lists of the best and biggest and worst and richest the addiction of editors everywhere presents ‘The Top 20: The Most Important New Yorkers,’ in which provocative writers take the measure of New York giants: William F. Buckley Jr. on Ed Koch, Roger Rosenblatt on Mario Cuomo, Liz Smith on Donald Trump, Wendy Wasserstein on Joseph Papp, and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. on Woody Allen, for pete's sake.” (Washington Post, April 19, 1988)