Going through this blog's almost 2400 posts, I realize that I have never posted a comprehensive map of the five boroughs. So here goes:
Thanks to me you can now find all of the major parks, highways, museums, hospitals, stadiums, shopping centers, golf courses, and other vital points of interest in this fair archipelago.
And we truly are a city of isles, an eclectic array of floating landmasses (except for the Bronx), our geography and topography and demography and any and all "ographies" combining to make a triumphant whole, the nation's biggest city by far.
We are also connected in spirit. Not only do bridges and buses and subways and ferries bind these disparate parts of the city together, but the city is also kept together by "magic."
At least, that's what popular culture tells us.
I direct your eyes to this lengthy, somewhat incoherent, somewhat interesting, article that examines the role of TV shows portraying this gentrifying, unequal, and diverse city as a place where people from all walks of life happily cohabitate. Increasingly shows set here want us to believe that NYC is a place where New Yorkers take active interest in each other, where we float into each other's lives, where we learn about each other. The article cites the show "High Maintenance" where different lives converge over a shared love of NYC and pot.
It's a nice idea that popular culture is selling us, even if it's not entirely true. That is the real "magic", the real fantasy -- that, I guess, and weed.
And we truly are a city of isles, an eclectic array of floating landmasses (except for the Bronx), our geography and topography and demography and any and all "ographies" combining to make a triumphant whole, the nation's biggest city by far.
We are also connected in spirit. Not only do bridges and buses and subways and ferries bind these disparate parts of the city together, but the city is also kept together by "magic."
At least, that's what popular culture tells us.
I direct your eyes to this lengthy, somewhat incoherent, somewhat interesting, article that examines the role of TV shows portraying this gentrifying, unequal, and diverse city as a place where people from all walks of life happily cohabitate. Increasingly shows set here want us to believe that NYC is a place where New Yorkers take active interest in each other, where we float into each other's lives, where we learn about each other. The article cites the show "High Maintenance" where different lives converge over a shared love of NYC and pot.
It's a nice idea that popular culture is selling us, even if it's not entirely true. That is the real "magic", the real fantasy -- that, I guess, and weed.
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