Championship

Madison Square Garden

"There's an air and a snap and a tang to Manhattan that is generated by championship rather than by huge mobilizations of people and of money."
Jack Lait, Lee Mortimer, New York: Confidential

Asshole of the Universe

"New York is not the center of the universe. In Europe it's known as the asshole of the universe."
Lydia Lunch, Purple

New York Money

The Rockefeller University

"Money talks, and in Manhattan, it screams."
Elizabeth Meyer, Good Mourning