City in a Hurry

Third Avenue

"If New York has a unifying characteristic, it is a spirit of urgency. It is a city in a hurry."
Paul Crowell, The City

Over-Everything

"I returned to a New York brownstone on a dusty, dirty street with grim, angry people fighting for parking spaces—and I love it. New York is ugly; it's over-programmed, over-crowded, over-neurotic and over-skilled, but it's where I think I can do my best work."
Maria Tallchief, quoted in The City

Anything Might Happen

Midtown (Pixabay)

"My impression is that in New York anything might happen at any moment. In England nothing could happen, ever."
John Sparrow, The City

Looking Busy

"They look like they're being chased or trying to catch somebody. People never walk slowly, even if they have no place to go. There's nothing more pathetic to a New Yorker than somebody who doesn't look busy."
Jackie Mason, quoted in The City

Brooklyn

Pexels.com

"Brooklyn is the only place in the world where you can have a good time without enjoying yourself."
Joey Adams, quoted in The City

In the Midst of Life

Brooklyn Borough Hall

"In the midst of life we are in Brooklyn."
Oliver Herford, quoted in The City

Prison and Posters

Lincoln Correctional Facility

"New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey."
Frank Lloyd Wright, quoted in The City

Summer Vacation

East 9th

"New York is very rough. They write themes on: 'What I stole over my summer vacation.'"
Joan Rivers, quoted in The City

Journalism

The New York Times building

"New York, the Jerusalem of Journalism."
Jim Bishop, quoted in The City

Epic City

7 Hanover Square

"In terms of beauty New York is not a great city. In terms of activity it is an epic city."
Norman Jaffe, quoted in The City

Directions

Chinatown Information Kiosk

"New Yorkers are nice about giving you street directions; in fact they seem quite proud of knowing where they are themselves."
Katherine Brush, quoted in The City