Crux

East 42nd and Grand Central Terminal

"New York was always so beautiful in the very crux of parting with it."
Hannah Lillith Assadi, Sonora

New York Under Rain

Third Avenue

"I preferred New York under rain. It made winter days warmer and summer days cooler. It made the spring sad and the autumn sad in the exact same way. Like its sound, it leveled seasons. The years smashed together in New York."
Hannah Lillith Assadi, Sonora

Secret Spaces

Brooklyn Navy Yard

"I loved the secret spaces in New York, the vacant spaces. The abandoned buildings of Fort Tilden, sand filling the floors, the abandoned homes in the Navy Yard, their windows broken through by tree branches, the outdoor shuttle train in Crown Heights, moving through the snow and the leaves and the forgotten cigarettes, moving on beside the park suddenly as if through the woods.  I loved the abandoned subway stations, rushing past the darkened platforms, the sprawl of graffiti like old letters. Letters left by ghosts."
Hannah Lillith Assadi, Sonora

New Faces

"Every day there were new faces arriving in the city, drugged with dreams. Nothing would stop New York."
Hannah Lillith Assadi, Sonora