The Seat of the Empire

Mr. Cheever.

Always.

John Cheever and John Updike appear on The Dick Cavett Show on Oct. 14, 1981. As presented by The New York Times in 2009.

Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham’s Quarterly and former editor of Harper’s.

Boxwood and bricks, Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York.

George Washington Bridge

New York Central System Hudson locomotives pulled the 20th Century Limited and the Empire State Express.

Yes.

Queen Elizabeth 2 leaves New York harbor for the last time, Jan. 13, 2008. 

Don Draper.

1.

Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, Westchester County, New York.

740 Park Avenue.

Patrick Bateman, as played by Christian Bale in “American Psycho,” 2000.

Moss Ledge, an Adirondack great camp on Upper Saranac Lake.

Afterwhiles, John Cheever’s farm in Ossining, Westchester County, New York. 

54.