“I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.” KnownNew YorkGrewGrew UpAreasRoughBronx Author:Maggie Siff
“I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.” YearsStatesBigsNew YorkAreasFairsFollowingNew York State Author:Bobby Vinton
“Things are so busy and so quick, and there’s so much going on, you have to realise the time when you have to take a step back, take a breath and really think back to where you come from. I’m from a very, very rural place. There’s really nobody out there, just roads and farms. I had a long transition to get to where I am now. I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I’d literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It’s been great. I’m based in New York and every day it's amazing.” PeopleThinkingLongYoungStuffCitiesStepsMillionsFiveNew YorkAreasBreathsMovedBusyRealisingFarmsTransitionDirtCentreWhere You ComeDirt Roads Author:Diego Klattenhoff
“I can remember when anything further downtown New York than Canal Street was risky and the whole area still looked like a 70s cop movie location; when the original loft-owners were more dash-than-cash, artistic types.” StillsI CanWholeRememberStreetsNew YorkTypeAreasOriginalsArtisticOwnersCashCopLocationRemember WhenDowntownCanals Author:Peter York
“Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier.” PeopleStillsStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesNew YorkAreasRegardWestWaveGenuineShoreNew York CityEasternFrontiersForeigners Book:Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service Source: Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service
“I love New York City for its energy. Pebble Beach, Carmel Beach and that all area, for its completely laid back energy. Paris for the charm, shopping and the glamour.” EnergyCitiesNew YorkAreasBeachParisCharmNew York CityShoppingGlamourPebblesLaid BackI Love New YorkPebble Beach Author:Eva LaRue
“Louisville is a place with no labels. It’s not the South, it’s not Chicago, and you don’t think of it as you think of New York or LA. It has some Southern romanticism to it, but also a Northern progressivism, this weird urban island in the middle of the state of Kentucky that has always provided a fertile, often dark, bed. For us, Louisville and the surrounding areas are the center of massive creativity and massive weirdness. The place has its flaws: You move away, but you’re always going to come back.” ThinkingStatesMovingDarkCreativityMiddleNew YorkBedAreasSouthLabelsIslandsMassiveFlawsChicagoSouthernUrbanRomanticismFertileWeirdnessKentuckyProgressivismLouisville Author:Jim James
“In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.” PeopleThinkingCitiesDoorsFrontsNew YorkAreasNew York CityTaxiCabFront DoorsGreat OutdoorsTaxi Cabs Author:Michael Bloomberg
“If I were a place, the area of South Bank, in London. Between the Hayward Gallery, National Theatre and all other activities, I'm never bored. I would also say New York for the breathtaking skyline formed by the buildings and the fast pace of the city, whatever the time of day.” IfsCitiesNew YorkBuildingActivityAreasSouthLondonTheatreBoredPaceGalleryBreathtakingTime Of DaySkylines Author:Robert Pattinson
“I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.” PeopleKnowsWorldKindAmericaCenturyNew YorkAreasCatholicWho I AmItalianImpressedUrban20th CenturyDecencyDowntownRoman CatholicItalian AmericanSkid Row Author:Martin Scorsese
“I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.” KindDangerousNew YorkGrewGrew UpAreasHipsThese DaysBridgesDriversBrooklynTaxiBrooklyn New YorkWilliamsburg Author:Barry Manilow
“What's exciting about the Bay Area, is that people are not waiting for permission from the industry to make movies - unlike Los Angeles or New York, where you can get stuck into that desire of raising a big budget, or working with the studios.” PeopleBigsDesireWaitingNew YorkIndustryAreasExcitingStudiosStuckBudgetsLos AngelesPermissionBay Area Author:Matthew Jacobs
“I really, really love China. To be honest, the food is so amazing! When I first went to Beijing and Shanghai, I actually became obsessed with soup dumplings, and would stand in lines and get them on the street. It was something that I became obsessed with and when I came back to the States, I did all this research for the best soup dumplings in the Los Angeles area and in the New York area and it was amazing to find those Asian dishes that were authentic and I can enjoy them at home.” FirstsI CanStatesHomeEnjoyLinesStreetsHonestNew YorkResearchAreasChinaBeing HonestObsessedLos AngelesDishesSoupAsianBeijingShanghaiDumplings Author:Tyra Banks
“The people from the suburbs are bringing along their suburban values: cleanliness, orderliness, safety - dullness, in other words. As a result, urban areas are being hollowed out. Just look at Times Square in New York. No more sex shops, no drugs, no homeless people. The area is clinically clean and incredibly dull.” PeopleLooksValuesSexResultsNew YorkDrugAreasSafetyCleanDullShopsSquaresUrbanHomelessSuburbsCleanlinessDullnessHomeless PeopleTimes SquareOrderlinessUrban Areas Author:Rem Koolhaas
“I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.” KnowsCountryFightingCitiesNew YorkHighestAreasRemainsTerrorismFundNew York CityUrbanDensityMunicipalityUrban AreasFighting Terrorism Author:Jose Serrano
“New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.” HomeWhiteNew YorkTravelAreasDepthMarble Author:John Lindsay
“It's a beautiful city, and the waterfront area is fantastic. I haven't had time to visit the theatre, but I find it remarkable that Toronto has the third-largest English-speaking theatre district in the world, after New York and London. I once noticed a fellow sitting on a bench, then I realized it was a statue of Glenn Gould. It's very realistic.” WorldBeautifulCitiesHavensNew YorkSittingAreasThirdsFellowsLondonTheatreI RealizedFantasticRemarkableRealisticStatuesBenchesTorontoEnglish SpeakingBeautiful CityThe Waterfront Author:Donald Trump
“The counties with the highest per capita income aren't near New York City or Los Angeles - they're in the Washington, D.C. area - a one-company town where the company is the government. The three counties with the highest incomes in the entire country are all suburbs of Washington. Eleven of the 25 counties with the highest incomes are near Washington.” CountryGovernmentThreeCitiesCompanyNew YorkHighestAreasTownsIncomeLos AngelesNew York CityElevenCountySuburbs Author:Ann Coulter
“My favorite holiday spot has to be New York, on the St. Lawrence River. Without a doubt that area there is perfect for me. Very, very spacious. It's nice.” PerfectDoubtNiceNew YorkAreasRiversMy FavoriteSpotsHolidayPerfect For Me Author:Tom Felton
“After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.” ResultsSawsNew YorkAreasTerrorismAvailabilityMetropolitan Author:Steve Israel
“Not a lot of attention has been paid to the Asian tiger mosquito, which is another species which we believe can also transmit Zika virus. It has a much broader range. It's found all the way north into coastal areas of Connecticut, Long Island and the New York metro area.” WayBelieveLongHas BeensFoundAttentionNew YorkAreasPaidSpeciesRangeIslandsTigersAsianVirusesTransmitMosquitoesConnecticutLong IslandCoastalMetro Author:Laura Harrington
“I've always created solo work. When I first came to New York I was working in a few different areas; I was working as a drummer, a vocalist, an actor, and a dancer. I had gotten picked up more on the music side and that sort of went, and that's where I found my community in New York and that's the path that I went down.” FirstsDifferentActorsFoundSidesCommunityPathNew YorkAreasDancerSoloDrummerVocalist Author:Guillermo E. Brown
“We are still learning how exactly the Earth reacts to increased CO2 and other greenhouse gases. We know it leads to warming seas which are melting the North and the South Poles, rising and starting to swallow entire coastal areas in the US and elsewhere, as the New York Times article documents.” KnowsStillsEarthSeaNew YorkAreasSouthStartingRisingArticlesElsewhereDocumentsMeltingNew York TimesGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2Coastal Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“I had relatives in New York City who I stayed with. And in those days, the area from Union Square down Fourth Avenue had small bookstores, many of which were run by Spanish immigrants who'd fled after [Francisco] Franco's victory. I spent time in them, and also in the offices of Freie Arbeiter Stimme (Free Worker's Voice) with anarchists. I picked up a lot of material and talked to people, and it became a major influence.” PeopleRunningVoiceCitiesInfluenceNew YorkMaterialsVictoryOfficeMajorsAreasUnionsWorkersImmigrantsNew York CitySquaresFourthAvenuesAnarchistBookstoresFrancoFrancisco Franco Author:Noam Chomsky
“I live in the Village right near NYU, which is taking over most of the Village. I've lived there for most of my time in New York. One of the things I like about the Village is, it's considered the kind of area where you can't have skyscrapers or, actually, many tall buildings. So you can see the sky which, I think, is a benefit.” ThinkingKindSkyNew YorkBuildingBenefitsAreasMy TimeTallVillageSkyscraperNyuTall Buildings Author:Nat Hentoff
“The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.” ChildrenStillsMightTodayChallengesLevelsCitiesTeacherNew YorkAreasAverageSpendingNeighborhoodNew York CityEducateContrastFairnessSalaryPoorestNew YorkersSemblance Author:Jonathan Kozol
“Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.” WorldKidsStuffNew YorkAreasStoresAidsHomelessHousingHivThriftMetropolitanThrifty Author:Ezra Miller
“I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.” LongSometimesCitiesSpecialNew YorkStudentsTaughtAreasSurpriseNew York CityAffinitySurprise MeRapport Author:Robert Morgan
“'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically; I had no expectation that it would move as far west as Philadelphia.” StatesMovingLinesNew YorkExpectationsAreasWestEntertainmentCooksKitchenRestaurantsPhiladelphiaKitchen ConfidentialConfidential Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Ads answered out of desperation in the New York Review of Books proved equally futile as…the 'Bay Area Bisexual' told me I didn't quite coincide with either of her desires.” BookDesireNew YorkAreasReviewsAdsDesperationBisexualBay Area Book:The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose Source: The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose