1993; 31 years ago (1993) (print) 2000; 24 years ago (2000) (website)
Current status
Active
New York Social Diary is a website that publishes photographs of "the rich and powerful" socialites and a social calendar of events that they might attend. It is maintained by David Patrick Columbia,[1] who founded it in 2000.[2]
History
The Diary originated in 1993 as a monthly column in Quest magazine. The column had a similar focus to the present website.[2][3]
Many people are in the social diary.
Influence
Chase Coleman III of old money and notoriously publicity-shy, has refused to be photographed for any publication since his 2005 wedding photographed by the New York Social Diary.[4][5]