Humanity and Vice

Mural on West 14th

"Fourteenth Street reminds us that it is impossible to love humanity and to hate vice at the same time. Not even Jesus could do that. If the city had only Times Square and Fourteenth Street, New York would be the greatest metropolis on earth. That's before we even start to take into account all the rest of the island of Manhattan."
Tristan Jones, Adrift

Scary Place

House on East 18th

"New York is a pretty scary place. If you're going to depend on the kindness of the people in Manhattan, you're in big trouble."
"Leah," quoted in Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews

Tapioca-Tasting Poop

Alwyn Court

"Oh, here we go: 'New York is the greatest city in the whole wide world. It's where dreams come true and pigeon poop tastes like tapioca.'"
Stella Zinman (Sarah Chalke), How I Met Your Mother