Deep

"New York is in fact a deep city, not a high one."
Roland Barthes, A Barthes Reader

What New York Is Made Of

"This is New York, it's made of pee."
Max (Kat Dennings), 2 Broke Girls

Beginning of Europe

Flag on East 23rd

"For Europeans New York is America but for Americans it is the beginning of Europe."
Paul de Rousiers, American Life