On Gansevoort Street, as well as on West 42nd Street, and to an ever greater extent in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen and around Columbus Circle, it’s impossible for someone like me, born and raised in Manhattan, not to feel like a tourist. Not because these parts of the city feel like a foreign country; just the opposite. From the billboard advertisements to the neon marquees to the new streamlined architecture, Manhattan has embraced the dominant gestures and exclamations of American mall culture.
His City, Lost and Found – New York Times
On Gansevoort Street, as well as on West 42nd Street, and to an ever greater extent in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen and around Columbus Circle, it’s impossible for someone like me, born and raised in Manhattan, not to feel like a tourist. Not because these parts of the city feel like a foreign country; just the opposite. From the billboard advertisements to the neon marquees to the new streamlined architecture, Manhattan has embraced the dominant gestures and exclamations of American mall culture.
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