Word: manhattanization
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...Manhattan, but the position offers a chance to bring arts to young people and learn about professional musical productions. And Locust Valley is a short hop away from the city...
...grandparents brought me into the fraternity of horse-players when I was about six, whisking me from midtown Manhattan to Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, Queens. We would make the 45-minute bus ride on a 20-passenger van owned and operated by a man named Gus, who, I would learn years later, died of a heart attack in the men's room at The Sands in Las Vegas. Gus had been married several times, and his last marriage ended when his wife gave him an ultimatum: me or horses. Gus chose horses...
...burden of caring for him falls mainly on his middle daughter Eve (Meg Ryan), who is trying to get a business going and keep a family functioning. Her elder sister Georgia (Diane Keaton, who also directed) is a high-powered, terminally distracted Manhattan magazine editor. Her younger sibling Maddy (Lisa Kudrow) is a soap-opera actress. These ladies, needless to say, have their own messy, unresolved issues...
...glass cube, it admits a view of the New York City sky, or as much of it as high-rise, heaven-deprived Manhattan allows. Even the threadwork of exposed cables and clamps that holds the glass in place hints at the tug of forces that bind the universe together. "If you push these comparisons too far, you fall into kitsch," says Polshek. But push them just so, as he does, and you climb to the stars...
...here. New York City's really lost its identity. There are so few real cities anymore. You go to any city and ask the taxi what there is to do and you'll hear Hard Rock Caf, Nike Store. I mean San Francisco even is getting that way. Manhattan is too expensive and it's impossible to live cheaply. It's lost its vibe. I guess that energy has moved to the outer boroughs but it's just...