Keepsake (2009)
“She’d been walking to and from work every day, partly to get some exercise, and partly to drink in the excitement of the city.
She loved New York. She’d always been a city lover— Washington and Boston were two of her favorites. But New York had everything from gaudy hustle and bustle to true grace and beauty. She loved its vitality and diversity. She loved the street vendors with their easily folded-up suitcases full of watches and jewelry of questionable provenance, the hot dog carts, the skyscrapers, the mad traffic, the graceful old architecture, the general air of doggedness and individual freedom.
The city had always been the center of immigration and that was still the case—when you dreamed of coming to America, you dreamed of coming to New York. There were always newcomers, learning their way around the city. She felt as if she were part of a long tradition.
Power Perspectives was in an office building near the corner of Madison Avenue and Sixty-third Street, and Ap...ril’s apartment was on West Sixty-second Street between Broadway and Columbus.MoreLess
She loved New York. She’d always been a city lover— Washington and Boston were two of her favorites. But New York had everything from gaudy hustle and bustle to true grace and beauty. She loved its vitality and diversity. She loved the street vendors with their easily folded-up suitcases full of watches and jewelry of questionable provenance, the hot dog carts, the skyscrapers, the mad traffic, the graceful old architecture, the general air of doggedness and individual freedom.
The city had always been the center of immigration and that was still the case—when you dreamed of coming to America, you dreamed of coming to New York. There were always newcomers, learning their way around the city. She felt as if she were part of a long tradition.
Power Perspectives was in an office building near the corner of Madison Avenue and Sixty-third Street, and Ap...ril’s apartment was on West Sixty-second Street between Broadway and Columbus.MoreLess
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