Across Quote by Alex Gibney

“New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden…

— Duke Ellington

“when America entered the era of the automobile, there was a noticeable tendency for the affluent of American cities to build their homes on…

— Stephen Birmingham

New York is actually a pretty safe place, and I think invoking the Bronx as a metaphor for the nightmarish urban environment is no…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“I came to New York because I was fleeing from the double-wide baby stroller, from the culture of respectability of the bourgeois suburban middle…

— Junot Díaz

New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in…

— Duke Ellington

A wet dream in the mind of New York.

— Erica Jong

New York City everything move fast, little girls get pregnant, throw their baby in the trash. China white wizzy movin quickly on the ave…

— Tony Yayo

“New York City is mediated by money so visibly. Everywhere everything is mediated by money, so perhaps you could make a brutalist argument for…

— Rebecca Wolff

“My conception of New York City came from rap music. I envisioned it as a place where people shot each other on the street…

— Ishmael Beah

The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods.

— Harvey Milk

If you've ever been to Harlem, there's always something playing on the street, and there's this energy that feels different to anywhere else in…

— Mike Colter