Old Town

Morningside Heights

"Old New York City is a friendly old town
From Washington Heights to Harlem on down
There’s a-mighty many people all millin’ all around
They’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down
It’s hard times in the city
Livin’ down in New York Town."
Bob Dylan, Hard Times in New York Town

Ambition

590 Madison Avenue

"New York is a city where ambition is commonplace as fire hydrants. Elsewhere, the common denominator of conversation might be politics or children; here it is work."
Sally Platkin Koslow, Cue Magazine

Disco

Gramercy Park South

"New York is like disco, but without the music."
Elaine Stritch, Little Red Book of New York Wisdom