The Idea of New York

Empire State Building

"When he first arrived in New York, he thought he could achieve whatever he wanted. The city wasn't a place as much as an idea, he thinks -- escape, freedom, such potential. Now it seems as if all he's been trying to do is hold on to the place when it's the idea that's gone."
Adam Langer, Ellington Boulevard

Money

One Central Park

"This New York was so different from the city in which he'd grown up. Manhattan was all about money now, all about trying to make enough of it just to survive."
Adam Langer, The Thieves of Manhattan