Gossip and Friendship

"New York is a city that runs on gossip and friendship, a predatory mix that is, of course, best cultivated on the street and through skimming the pages of The New York Post."
Michelle Berry, Shippy First Drafts

Sidewalk Stories

East 13th Street

"Manhattan is divided into neighborhoods, and in the older and the less financially prosperous of those, the sidewalks steam with the stories of the people who gather around subway grates, sit on stoops, or play checkers in the park. In many cases, besides the boredom that regularly drives people out of their homes, the apartments these residents occupy are just too small to spend the day in."
Michelle Berry, Shippy First Drafts