Stand-In

West 113th St.

"New York is the stand-in, the ersatz of all the things I can remember and cannot have, and may not even want, much less love, but continue to look for."
André Aciman, False Papers

Endless Marvels

Brooklyn Museum

"There's no better place on earth to live than New York City. It has the best museums, theaters, and nightclubs, the best variety shows, burlesques, and live-music venues, and the very finest in world cuisine. Its winestock alone makes of the Roman empire a sad Kansan backwater. The marvels are endless. But who has time to partake of the marvels when you're busy busting your ass to stay solvent in New York?
Joshua Ferris, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

Pioneer and Puritan

"Pioneer and Puritan and Industrialist have made New York. And like the sky, Joy has been shadowed out."
Waldo Frank, Our America