“I support the Surfrider Foundation, which is focused on protecting the oceans and beaches. I also recycle and use mass transit, ride my bike as often as I can, or I walk, which is one of the best parts about living in New York City.” I CanUseWalksCitiesSupportNew YorkOceanMassFoundationFocusedBeachNew York CityBikeMass Transit Author:Raquel Zimmermann
“I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited. I found what I thought at the time was a very rare seashell. And I took it to a friend of mine who works in a museum. And I was really disappointed. It turned out to be just a human ear.” InspirationalHumansFoundCitiesNew YorkMinesCoupleSummerToughEarsExcitedBeachMuseumsDisappointedNew York City Author:David Letterman
“Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I'm in a New York state of mind.” MindStatesLinesTalkingNew YorkRiversHollywoodFolksFlightBeachHolidayHopsNeighborhoodGet AwayState Of MindMiamiGreyhoundsNew York StateMiami BeachHudson River Author:Billy Joel
“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
“In California, I do like to just chill out and go to the beach, but I love the energy here. I feel very productive when I'm in New York.” FeelsEnergyNew YorkBeachCaliforniaProductiveChillChilledChilling Out Author:Ashley Greene
“I get mad at the New York-based environmentalists because if you were truly environmentalists you wouldn't have a storm surge system and a sanitary system hooked together here that requires you to close your beaches 10 times a year.” IfsYearsTogetherNew YorkMadStormBeachHookedEnvironmentalistSanitary Author:Aubrey McClendon
“I went to New York and Miami and hung out by the beach, and I love the American boys, so I wrote a song about it.” SongBoysNew YorkBeachHungMiami Author:Estelle
“I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.” ShouldKidsMotherNew YorkDecidedRaisedBeachMiamiMiami Beach Author:Natasha Lyonne
“I felt that there's an obligation when writing a piece about an urban expressway made in the 50s to acknowledge the context, and Robert Moses is sort of an iconic figure in New York, and he influenced the shape of the city more than anyone else before or after him. He was one of the most powerful and influential civic architects in the world, because of how much he transformed the city. He built multiple bridges and highways and parks and recreational spaces, beaches - in the course of a few decades, he completely changed the city” WorldWritingMadeCoursesFeltSpacePowerfulCitiesPiecesFiguresNew YorkChangedShapesBuiltDecadesObligationBeachBridgesAcknowledgeParksMost PowerfulArchitectTransformedMultipleUrbanHighwaysInfluentialMosesCivicsIconic Author:Sufjan Stevens