Michael Gold, The New York Times
Thursday, December 31, 2020
New Beginning
"Every December, the eyes of the world are drawn to New York City, where a glittering crystal ball in Midtown Manhattan marks a communal chance for a new beginning."
Michael Gold, The New York Times
Michael Gold, The New York Times
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Sunrise in New York
"Our walk back to Manhattan is even more spectacular, as the sun is just beginning to rise. Like film being exposed, night turns to day. The World Trade Center and its orbit of skyscrapers are bathed in a soft silvery light, before turning a pale eachy pink, then finally exploding in Technicolor. It's so beautiful and breathtaking that I want to cry. But I don't."
Emily Giffin, The Lies that Bind
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
New Yorker for Life
"I'm a lifer and I will be a lifer as long as I am alive. When you grow up in New York, everywhere else feels like summer camp. It's like, 'Oh, it's really lovely over here, but when do I go back to real life?'
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Travel and Leisure Magazine
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Travel and Leisure Magazine
Monday, December 28, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
New York in Red and Green
"Cuddled up beneath a blanket taking in the sights
The City is all red and green
Wrapped up like a gift for me
Finally it's Christmas in New York
We should all have Christmas in New York
Lea Michele, Christmas in New York
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Faith in New York
"When the pandemic hit, there were so many people saying ‘New York is over, I’m fleeing New York, you gotta get out.' They said that when I was a little kid, in the ’70s, during the post-Vietnam era, and during the crack epidemic, during the AIDS epidemic, 9/11—same thing. This pandemic hit, and it has hit us hard, no doubt, but I still have faith in New York. I still believe in this place, because this place is my home."
Rosie Perez, Town and Country Magazine
Rosie Perez, Town and Country Magazine
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Philly
Monday, December 21, 2020
Manhattan at Christmastime
Kirsten Sawyer, Not Quite a Bride
Friday, December 18, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Distinctive and the Same
"People are always interested, apparently, in what New York City does. I do not think that is because New York is different from any other place; I think it is because New York is so distinctive of and so like every other place. It is made up not of New Yorkers. It is a joke in New York that you can walk up and down the streets for hours and never meet a person who was born and brought up in New York."
Rosalie Loew Whitney, quoted in Extending the Right of Suffrage to Women
Rosalie Loew Whitney, quoted in Extending the Right of Suffrage to Women
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Infinite City
"New York is an infinite city, infinite in the sense that even if you have set out to explore all its nooks and crannies, by the time you have gone through it from top to bottom, the top has already changed and you need to go through it again."
Stanley Milgram, New York Magazine
Stanley Milgram, New York Magazine
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Conjuring Trick
"There are days when New York strikes me as a conjuring trick. All great cities do and must revert to jungle, tundra or tidal-flats, if you wait long enough, and I should know. Today, however, New York's here-ness is incontestable, as if time is subject to it, not it subject to time. What immortal hand or eye could frame these charted miles, welded girders, inhabited sidewalks and more bricks than there are stars?"
David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
Monday, December 14, 2020
Christmastime in New York
Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love
Friday, December 11, 2020
New York Is Everything You've Heard It Is
"New York is a vibrant city. It’s everything you’ve heard it is. It’s crazy, it’s horrible, it’s magnificent, it’s beautiful. It’s hard to become a real grown-up in, because it really lends itself to a good time. It’s a real live wire, hard to leave, like a living, breathing entity in your life."
Whoopi Goldberg, Never Can Say Goodbye
Whoopi Goldberg, Never Can Say Goodbye
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Designated New Yorker
"I’m not leaving. In fact, I feel that I am like the designated New Yorker. Everyone else can leave."
Fran Lebowitz, The New Yorker
Fran Lebowitz, The New Yorker
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Heads in the Sand
"I grew up in New York and I believe that living here makes you insane. It’s obviously diverse, magical, whatever etcetera… but it’s not a place which lends itself to introspection. I don’t know what the outlook on life is, but I’d imagine it’s somewhere buried in the blue light of an iPhone screen. Eating a sandwich running down the street or trying to navigate a crowded train – people rarely have a chance to realize how brutally they’re living. That kind of self awareness is counterproductive. We have our heads in the sand… but it’s lovely sand."
Lucas Mascatello, Dazed
Lucas Mascatello, Dazed
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Resilience and Rebound
"The story of the 20th and 21st century in New York is one of resilience and rebound. New York is not over, New York has always come back from setbacks."
Lilly Tuttle, quoted in NBC New York
Lilly Tuttle, quoted in NBC New York
Monday, December 7, 2020
Multicolored Jewels
"When I saw the New York skyline, looking like a giant silver crystal encrusted with multicolored jewels, I envisioned I would live somewhere where I could see that. And I do. I see it clearly; I see the entire city from the rooftop of my downtown Manhattan penthouse. As a result of a lot of hard labor, I went from swinging over garbage to singing in a mansion in the sky."
Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Friday, December 4, 2020
In Sickness and In Health
"I love New York City like you love family. It’s never been novel, it’s just what you know - in sickness and in health."
Carolyn Canetti, Travel Under the Radar
Carolyn Canetti, Travel Under the Radar
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Hard to Get
"New York is a city that plays hard to get. You want me, you better work for it."
Rony Vardi, quoted in The Points Guy
Rony Vardi, quoted in The Points Guy
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
New York Makes Me Glad
"Other cities always make me mad
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad
Except New York
I love New York."
Madonna, I Love New York
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad
Except New York
I love New York."
Madonna, I Love New York
Monday, November 30, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Grateful Witness
"Right now, New York feels ungentrified, and everyone who left the city left it to us, for us. The city feels more alive than I have seen it in some time. I see the performances at Sheridan Square on Christopher Street, and vogueing at Chelsea Piers. It feels like the city is alive with creativity and energy. I’m grateful to witness this version of NYC in my lifetime. This has been such a difficult time for all of us, yet New Yorkers are as resilient, pragmatic, and hopeful as ever."
Prabal Gurung, Fashion Week Daily
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
New York Cab Ride
"The average New York cab ride is still one of the most exciting experiences in the city. These guys take chances with your life for 5 bucks that you wouldn't take for 5 million."
Jerry Seinfeld, Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, Is This Anything?
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Fragile Quilt
"New York is unique: a fragile quilt of many cultures, religions, and peoples whose contributions enhance and enlighten us all."
David Dinkins, A Mayor's Life
Monday, November 23, 2020
Irritation and Attraction
"What is this strange thing that happens to me regarding New York? I spend my life chasing the slightest opportunity to come here, I arrive, and feel instantly possessed with a terrible indignation against everything. New York is a city that irritates me, but that attracts me in an irresistible way."
Julio Camba, La ciudad automatica
Julio Camba, La ciudad automatica
Friday, November 20, 2020
Galaxy Full of Stars
"Below me, the city spread out in all directions. Sparkling lights lined up in the neat rows of Manhattan, and the bridges to Queens and Brooklyn draped like beaded necklaces across the glassy East River. Looking at New York from above at night is like looking at a galaxy full of stars."
Juliana Romano, Summer in the Invisible City
Juliana Romano, Summer in the Invisible City
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Sense of Discovery
Alain Ducasse, Alain Ducasse's New York
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Climactic Synthesis of America
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
New York Chaos
Isabel Vincent, Dinner with Edward
Monday, November 16, 2020
All Faiths
"New York is of all faiths -- and of none. It is a Northern city, a Western city, a Southern city, a foreign city. It is a city of the extremes of selfishness and of philanthropy."
Edgar Fawcett, Edgar Fawcett
Edgar Fawcett, Edgar Fawcett
Friday, November 13, 2020
The Best
"New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching."
Matt Bomer, British GQ
Thursday, November 12, 2020
New York Life
"That’s what New York life is like. You find a place with lots of sunlight, with at least a 1:4 rat to roach ratio, and within walking distance to a supermarket and/or train and/or bus to get you to that train or bus or what-have-you, and you plant yourself. You sit and wait and hope you can stay afloat when the next rent swell smashes into you."
Alcy Leyva, And Then There Were Crows
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Anything Might Happen
"My impression is that in New York anything might happen at any moment. In England nothing could happen, ever."
John Sparrow, The City
John Sparrow, The City
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Background Sound
Kevin Baker, The Atlantic
Monday, November 9, 2020
The Best Thing About Being in New York
"The best thing about being in L.A. is having a car. The best thing about being in New York is that my car's in L.A."
Kevin Bray, Los Angeles Magazine
Friday, November 6, 2020
Central Relationship
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Love by Robert Indiana (Pixabay) |
Devin Friedman, Medium
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Sponge
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Coney Island (Pixabay) |
"New York is like a sponge. It absorbs you, empties you, and then throws you out to dry."
Unnamed undocumented immigrant, quoted in La Chulla Vida
Unnamed undocumented immigrant, quoted in La Chulla Vida
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Trying to Make It in New York
"Change has always been part of New York’s history, and the protagonist of its many tales of renewal is the city itself. New York is still trying to make it in New York."
Lucy Alexander, Robb Report
Lucy Alexander, Robb Report
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Bold and Proud
"New York is unflinching and unapologetic. New York allows herself moments of vulnerability because she knows she’s strong as lignum vitae. New York is that way because she’s made of a community of people who are themselves—bold and proud, open and resilient."
Ilfenesh Hadera, Fashion Week Daily
Ilfenesh Hadera, Fashion Week Daily
Monday, November 2, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
Cruise Ship
Jenny Mollen, Live Fast Die Hot
Thursday, October 29, 2020
The Commonwealth of Brooklyn
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Dumbo (Pixabay) |
Andrew Sarris, Song of Brooklyn
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Expect the Unexpected
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Manhattan (Pixabay) |
Richard Giudice, Everyone's a Suspect
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Leaving Manhattan
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George Washington Bridge (Pixabay) |
Laura Anne Gilman, Blood from Stone
Monday, October 26, 2020
Inspiring Human Energy
"Real, live, inspiring human energy exists when we coagulate together in crazy places like New York City. Feeling sorry for yourself because you can’t go to the theater for a while is not the essential element of character that made New York the brilliant diamond of activity it will one day be again."
Jerry Seinfeld, The New York Times
Friday, October 23, 2020
Bad Investment
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Financial District (Pixabay) |
Dana Czapnik, The Falconer
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Grandiose Necklace
"New York is more beautiful than Venice!! Its glass skyscrapers seem like large waterfalls falling from the sky!! At night it's a grandiose necklace of rubies sapphires and emeralds."
Lucio Fontana, 2018 International Yearbook of Futurism Studies
Lucio Fontana, 2018 International Yearbook of Futurism Studies
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