New York is an Apparition

Gantry Plaza State Park

"New York is not a city. It is an apparition, a phantom, a vision – a frontier outpost of a territory yet to be conquered, possessed, named. Americans will have conquered and colonized another planet sooner than claim New York as the capital of their empire."
Hamid Dabashi, Can Non-Europeans Think?

Say Hello to New York City

Lower East Side

"Stroll the midtown streets
And tell me that you don't feel giddy
Lady Liberty ain't throwing us a wink or is she
Travel light and see the world right
You never know you never go so
Run away with me
And say hello to New York City 
Say hello to New York City."
Adam Young, New York City

Disneyland for Grown-Ups

Chelsea

"New York is a playground, Gina tells me. Disneyland for grown-ups. I should move to New York."
Aryn Kyle, Boys and Girls Like You and Me