David Perell
@perell
David Perell
@perell

The early New York culture (from the book, “Greater Gotham)

Jack Reins, New York socialization
Random New York Thoughts
subways used to have the best ads, and you can experience them at the transit museum in brooklyn
the people behind the united nations building
Air rights
edward hopper: melancholy (amor towles piece). private moments in busy places. brief escapes.
one of my friends is a tour guide and he says there are six decisions that made
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Manhattan decline in density

New Yorker cover
New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.
— John Steinbeck