New York Edge

Riverside Park

"New York wears its edge on its sleeve."
Jill Kargman, The Rock Star in Seat 3A

Winners and Losers

Citi Field

"New Yorkers love a winner, and can be oddly affectionate to losers—but they cannot stand mediocrity."
Cait N. Murphy, Crazy '08

American Rage

Occupy Wall Street posters in the West Village

"The juice of New York was something he could understand. American rage, freedom from European classicism and the deathly Common Market."
Tama Janowitz, Slaves of New York