Crossroads

Manhattan (Pixabay)

"New York is the crossroads of commerce and culture, of fantasy and reality, where possibility hangs in the night air."
Andrea Henderson Fahnestock, Picturing New York

Mistress

"My relationship with New York is like that of one with a mistress: exciting, sexy and dangerous, but I'm always aware that I'm playing away. London is my life and Manhattan is my bit on the side."
Graham Norton, The Life and Loves of a He Devil

Promised Land

Brooklyn Bridge Park

"New York is the promised land, looking green, fat, luscious and joyous from the outside deserts; the promised land flowing with milk and honey, the pasturage of lambs and bulls, and of bears which eat up those who monkey with the profits."
Life Magazine