What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We identify New York with the great bridges and tunnels and roadways and subway system and so forth.
Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
I consider part of lower Manhattan to be hallowed ground. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the World Trade Center towers... and for that reason alone, our nation should make absolutely sure that what gets built on 'Ground Zero' is an inspiring tribute to all who loved the Twin Towers, worked in them, and died there.
What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat. I shouldn't like it, but I do. I can't put my finger on it.
Creative destruction is gonna be the greatest thing that can happen to Manhattan.
The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.
Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
You have to blast to build in Manhattan. And the buildings went up in Manhattan because of the power of that bedrock. Once you dig that foundation - and they dig with dynamite - and once you dynamite out and you secure that foundation, that building isn't going anywhere.