Mighty Fine

Central Park West

"New York is a mighty fine place if you get 'in right.' Of course, if you don't, it's h-e-l-l."
David Graham Phillips, The Price She Paid

Six Months

Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

"You don't have to be born in New York City to be a New Yorker. You have to live here for six months. And if at the end of the six months you walk faster, you talk faster, you think faster, you're a New Yorker."
Ed Koch, The Local East Village

Playground

Chelsea Piers

"You'll love living in New York.  It's a pain in the ass if you don't have any money, but if you have some dough, it's the biggest and best playground in the world."
Douglas Brunt, Ghosts of Manhattan