Witch's Brew

Manhattan (Photo: Pixabasy)

"The configuration of the street grid, and the sordid tangle of streets below 14th Street, and the insanity of millions crammed into a small space, and the weekday surge when millions more poured in from the surrounding area. The weird angle of the Empire State Building from Bowery. Everyone desperate to bilk the last dollar. These are the ingredients of a witch's brew, the undeniable black magic of Manna-hatta."
Jarett Kobek, The Future Won't Be Long

Shining City of Our Dreams

Gantry Plaza and Manhattan skyline

"The romance of New York is always something that has recently passed away; so vast and clamorous is the actual city that enchantment kicks in only over a distance of time and space. From Henry James to Dos Passos and Fitzgerald to the present, the shining city of our dreams is always located a decade, or an ocean, away."
Jay McInerney, New York Magazine

Visualization of the Universe

Kips Bay

"New York, to me, is the visualization of the entire universe. Paris is Paris, it's not the world. Italy is Italy. New York is the world. It is the bridge. It's the spot that expresses the world."
Donna Karan, The Great Fashion Designers