Manhattan Living

Park Avenue

"You can basically summarize Manhattan living by the number of doors you have. If you only have one door, the one that leads into your  apartment, that's not ideal, but at least you're not living in Jersey. Two doors, though—the front door and the bathroom door—that's luxury!"
Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Energy

Midtown Manhattan

"Being in New York takes so much energy as to leave none for any other kind of being."
John Updike, Architectural Digest

Prettified

East 18th

"I see New York, and every other city, as a living entity, though at one time New York was more vibrant than most. There's still good aspects, but I can't ignore that some of what made the city great has been prettified to make it more accessible to tourists, and that's hurt the city."
Jill Cunniff, New York Rock