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Quoted is a love letter to New York from the people who live in this magical city. It’s a magazine providing you with local insights and city secrets, but also an inspiring force that motivates you to inhabit the tolerance, acceptance and respect for the beautiful diversity New York represents. As you flip through these pages, I promise you’ll get a real and raw taste of New York. Quoted will introduce you to 10 wonderful, warm and weird New Yorkers who generously opened their doors and lives. What are their stories? How do they live? What are their hidden gems? What does the city look like through their eyes? These unfiltered takes on New York will not only surprise you, but broaden your mind and inspire you to experience the city in a new and invigorating way. My passion for getting behind the scenes of the city flourished throughout a decade of visits and fortuitous interactions with the locals, which all led to unforgettable experiences far beyond what a traditional city guide could offer. The fascination with this diverse city and its vibrant people ultimately motivated me to relocate across the pond to discover more. Likewise, I hope Quoted will similarly inspire you. It’s all here for your curious appetite, so embrace, accept and enjoy! Every story, Quoted. Rolf Arne Leer Founder & Editor-in-Chief
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Charles 24
Catherine 96
Faustina 38
Andrew 108
Jesse 52
Asa 120
Lincoln 66
Zoe 132
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Bernard Meditative Frisky Singing Telegram
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“I have a pink gorilla. I have a chicken. I have a panda. I do one to four singing telegrams every day. It’s always like a Broadway show. I go in and I act retarded. Or not even retarded--with a lot of charisma and fun. It’s always a big show no matter what. I get so into it, it becomes an explosion.”
“ Once, I was hired by a woman to sing for her husband in Brooklyn. She wanted me to wear a tuxedo with a pig mask on. When I got there, it felt like I was walking into a horror film. The house was old. It had a big porch and everything. When they opened the door she called her husband and he came up from the basement. When he walked up, he looked very serious. Then she had me sing the song she requested It was all about «I know I’m a pig. I know I know. I know I’m a pig. I know I need…» I was thinking, «Ohhh my God… is he one of those people that calls his wife a pig!!?” “To be honest, I love making people happy with my work. After doing a singing telegram, it always uplifts me.” “I moved here from California. Being on the train there and here is completely different. Over there you don’t see a lot of people reading books or newspapers. I noticed
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when I moved here that so many people are reading books. I’ve always been a good people-person, but I was very vulnerable when I got here. I didn’t have the smarts. I had the intuitive smarts, but I didn’t have the intellectual smarts. Coming here has opened me up, but also helped me see my naiveté.” “Here it’s tough because some people have a shell over their face and it’s hard to break through that. It took me a while to not take the harshness of New Yorkers seriously and find my place to have a voice and speak up. The city helps you get to who you really are. It really does. It helps you find your voice.” “First, I came here and was like «Ohhh my God, I’m in New York.» But after some time I was like, «I hate New York and every person.» You think they’re going to rob you or take your money because it’s a hustling city. But at some point when you’ve been here for some time you find your own place and love it.”
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“ My friend told me that if you come to New York, it will make you a man of the world, and it did.�
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Q&A What neighborhood do you live in? I live in good old Washington Heights! Best thing about living there? The beautiful nature that is nearby. There are lots of parks and a great path that run along the Hudson River. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? West Village. Why? There are so many great restaurants and health food stores in the area. Favorite restaurant? Freemans. It is located in East Village at the end of an alley. The restaurant feels like you just took a trip to a country house. Hidden gem? I love to go to 5Rhythms, an expression dance class located at the Moving Center (434 6th Avenue) in The Village. You will find about 100 people dancing to their own beat for two hours. It’s a very different, but also a freeing, experience. Favorite bar? The Library located in the East Village. It has the perfect down-to-earth, old school vibe. How to be(come) a New Yorker? Make sure you’re moving with the crowd when walking, and if you want to sightsee, then please move to the side and then enjoy the wonderful buildings. Your New York soundtrack? “We Built This City” by Starship. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/bernard)
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TIBETAN SINGING BOWL
“It is a reminder to return to my center. Anchoring myself is so important because of what I do here in the city, plus I love the way it makes me feel when I hit it!”
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”This represents the artist in me, the performer. I was born a performer and will always be a performer. It’s what keeps me moving and what gives me purpose.”
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SHOE“The
shoe presents New York. Even through the hustle and bustle I always strive to keep grounded and move forward to create opportunities. This is the city were people come to fulfill dreams and staying grounded keeps me more on track.” INCENSE BURNER
“I love incense because it brings piece to my house.”
“It is great therapy for me. I revisited a story the other day. My mom was never really supportive of me singing, but one day out of the blue she called and said, “Can you sing me a song?” I had totally forgotten about that moment”
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Charles Preppy Ivy League Media Guru Golden Oldie
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“The first time I came to NYC was in 1943. When the war started, my father moved to Washington to work at the Pentagon. We lived in Washington, D.C. and he brought me to New York to go shopping at the men’s clothing store Brooks Brothers and to see his sister who lived on West 55th St. From the time I was 11 or 12 years old, I’d come up to New York. It was always exciting. I remember feeling special coming here with my father just to go shopping so that I could look right”
“ Meeting a girl in New York under the clock at The Biltmore Hotel was ‘the thing’ when I was young. You’d tell her, ‘Meet me under the clock at the Biltmore.’ It was taken out of a scene from “The Catcher in the Rye,” which was the book for young people back then. Meeting under the clock was very romantic and exciting. You had arrived. You were ‘in the know.” “New York is exciting, it’s sophisticated, it’s the center of the two worlds I wanted to be part of, the theater and then the media. The first time I came here for a job was in 1960. It was for a job in television. Highly competitive. At that time, the place to be was CBS. What you learn with time, is that it’s not necessarily the smartest or most talented people who become successful. It’s the people who are the most ambitious. It’s the people who know how to manage up, who are highly political. There’s really a ruthless sense of ambition in New York.” “The house across the street was the last sold. It sold for $7.85 million. There’s only a
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few certain kind of people who can afford that. It’s great. They’ve got the money, fine. They’re lovely people. They couldn’t be nicer to us, but it’s boring in the sense that we have a guard on the street in this neighborhood. We want to keep people out of here so there’s not a lot of noise. That’s the way people like it. I love it when we go down to the Lower East Side or to Bushwick. It’s much more lively and interesting. But the people on our block are really lovely, lovely people.” “My wife and I have friends that are very wealthy and travel all over the world. They have summer homes and many cars and all of these things. But we also have our artist friends who live in Brooklyn. We have a diverse group of friends. You can have that in New York. Where in the world can you have these kinds of friends?” “I went to the Burning Man at 80 to look at the art. I remember waiting in line to get my picture and get my playa name. Everybody has a playa name. Mine was Yoda. I’m old, you know.”
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“ It’s sort of the chicken and the egg situation. Does New York make you happy and make you smart and make you successful? Or do smart, driven, achievement-oriented people come to New York?” 28
Q&A What neighborhood do you live in? Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side. Best thing about living there? Quiet, safe, good transportation, lovely neighbors. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? Carnegie Hill. Favorite street to stroll? East 95th St. Why? To chat with neighbors. Favorite restaurant? Blanca in Bushwick. Favorite bar? In the old days, when I did drink, it was Chumley’s in Greenwich Village. Hidden gem? The Saloon in the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Terminal. How to be(come) a New Yorker? To become a New Yorker, do not blend in. Be your true self and stand out. Your New York soundtrack? “My One and Only Love” by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/charles)
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“My dad was a veteran of World War I. When he was in a farmhouse in Germany, he was gassed with mustard gas. As he crawled along the floor to get out, he saw a soldier who was passed out and dragged him outside. He saved the soldier’s life. He was a hero.”
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“We created this belt bucket when I was working at WMAQ Country Music Radio in Chicago. These were hugely popular with truck drivers. These were just amazing in their popularity. We gave out hundreds of thousands of them. It reminds me of the success I had there.” BELT BUCKET
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“My wife and I campaigned for Obama in 2008. We took a bus, went down to South Philly, and knocked on doors. We felt very proud of that.” OBAMA BUTTON
PATEK PHILIPPE “This watch was given to me on my 80th birthday. It means so much to me. It’s worth a little over $20,000 and it has the original strap. I actually had an ex whose dad collected these. Everyday he’d sit in the morning and just wind all of his watches. It was a ritual for him.”
“I was a soldier in the Korean War and went to Austria, but got called back in 1954, because my father was very ill. He died when I was 22. Every once in a while, I dream about him. I haven’t had him for over 60 years and I miss him.” CHARLIES DOG TAGS
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“I originally moved to NY because I wanted to be in fashion. I did that. Then I realized I don’t love the fashion industry. It’s myself that I love and New York that I love.”
“ Now I want to be a comedic fashion personality in TV known for the style and showing the utmost of creativity with clothes.” “I’ve never been in love. I’m 29. I feel there’s a lot of ego and a lot of competition, too. If you’re dating one person, they’re dating seven. And they’re comparing you. Not only comparing, they’re weighing the scale. Fashion is my love. It’s what I understand the most.” “I find it so funny when I am around locals. They want everyone around them to know that they are locals. I’m going to do a video about that. I’m going to wear an ‘I LOVE NY’ t-shirt and style it up. Then I will stand in line at Magnolia Bakery together with a friend. Both of us will have the t-shirts, and then we’re going to talk loud about how we know everything.” “New York changes so often that you need to be ready. I think you have to be on your toes here because it can change instantly. If you’re ready for change and for every day to be different from yesterday, you’re going to do just fine here. But as I said, if you’re afraid of anything, do not come to New York.” “I don’t like when people only dress in vintage clothing because you’re not contributing to
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the time and generation that you live in now. Interpretation and vintage additives are great! But I don’t believe in being a walking ad of the past, especially when now is the most exciting time to be alive.” “Day-to-day life here, I wake up to quiet. I get ready to quiet. I do it to quiet, because it’s so loud out there. I go out and I get a coffee. I don’t even need coffee. I just love to go get it with a friend or someone I’ve never met before. We get a coffee and we walk and we talk.” “I love this neighborhood, Sugar Hill. I love that there’s so much family here. It’s historic. It’s beautiful. I love that you can feel the past and see the future here. It’s called the Sugar Hill because it was for the sweet life. Everyone who lived here was very wealthy and it’s on top of a hill.” “New York City is magic and I believe this is a thing, because everyone living here is expecting that. When you have a small space with everyone believing in the magic, it is bound to happen. It can be small things like you get on the train. You see somebody. You kind of have this little moment when you look at each other. Then later on in the same day you find the same person again.”
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Q&A “ If you’re afraid of anything, do not come to New York. I recommend people who are fearful not to move here. I mean, I’m afraid of stupid things, like garbage bags that fly up in the air. If I hang a plastic bag outside the bathroom, I get scared when I see it hanging there.”
What neighborhood do you live in? Harlem—technically, Sugar Hill. Best thing about living there? I love the buildings and the convent. Here, you can feel the past and see the future. It’s so beautiful. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? I love all the neighborhoods. I mostly frequent the Chelsea/Flat Iron area and Soho, though. Favorite street to stroll? I love walking along Gramercy Park. Why? I’m absolutely in love with one of the buildings facing the park and would just love to live there one day. I like to imagine life there. Favorite restaurant? My go-to spot is Peacefood Café. Favorite bar? I don’t drink, but I do like Lillie’s Victorian Establishment. The scenery is great. Hidden gem? The bar at Baccarat Hotel is my favorite place 42
in the whole city. How to be(come) a New Yorker? I’m a natural at fitting in. People are always shocked when I say I wasn’t born here. Best advice to get that response is: Just follow your gut and the city. Your New York soundtrack? Gaga released the “Born This Way” album right when I moved here. It was the start of her being insanely famous and she was the topic of discussion at that time. Naturally, looking like her was a huge thing during that time. I had a lot of encounters with her fans mistaking me for her. My first day living here, I was followed by people with cameras like, paparazzi. They asked the friend I was walking with if we were dating. Because of all these memories, that album really set the tone for my life here. Life has been a bit safe lately. I should give it a listen now, to feel that new excitement again. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/faustina)
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Frank Ray was a famous make-up artist who recently passed away. He was the most fabulous person I ever met. We would go to his apartment for tea and laugh all night. These were his horses. He knew I loved them. I named them after him and his dog, which he loved”
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I opened the fridge and the door broke. My friend tried to help fix it when this candle fell on his head and cracked his head open. He started bleeding so we rushed to the hospital. But we laughed so much. I am going to keep this forever.”
“Me on me as a unicorn. I got this from a friend. A lot of people see me as a unicorn, because I am rare and mystical.” FRAMED UNICORN
TEDDYBEAR “This is my grandma’s stole, which my mom turned into a teddy bear. It has my name on it. My mum has the bigger version.”
“I used this bag when I got my dog Timothy. He was sick when I found him, so I called him Tiny Tim after the film, ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Recently, I noticed who made the bag, and guess what? His name is Tim.” PURSE
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Jesse Anchored Ritualistic Human Tarzan
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“The most exciting moment in parkour is when I do something that I wasn’t sure I could do. There is this incredible gratifying moment when I see that I am capable of more than I thought I was. A lot of training is hunting for those moments.”
“ I’ve climbed the Williamsburg bridge. I went all the way to the top. Last time, I went up to a cable at the top and I practiced balancing on the cable. I wanted to see how being above ground, several hundred feet, would affect my balance.”
for the day. I think it is important to have these rituals here in NYC because we’re always changing and the city is always changing. The ritual becomes this benchmark. It can help align you, or tell you when you are not aligned. Otherwise it’s just chaos.”
“Teetering between scared and comfortable is the edge I like to live. I think it is a healthy practice in everyday life, not only in parkour. The alternative is you stay within your comfort zone and your world actually becomes smaller and smaller.”
“For people coming here, I recommend, rather than coming in with a plan, to say yes, go with the flow, and find a totally genuine New York experience. Less of a checklist, and more of a feeling.”
“You have to be OK with being uncomfortable in NYC. You’re dealing with eight million other people who all have their hopes and dreams and ideas. They are living their lives literally on top of you, and you have to be OK with that. You have to be OK with being part of this giant experiment.” “I feel at peace around the city. I had this idea 10 years ago, that it is a greater testament to inner piece to be able to meditate in the middle of Times Square versus out on some mountain. That has been a model for me.” “I really like this idea of rituals. Every morning I have a 15-minute call with my friend to exchange three graces and set an intention
“In February, I went dancing for one of my friends’ birthdays to a club in the Lower East Side. We danced a few hours. We went from dancing to something like Burning Man at a spa. Wild people, steam rooms, sauna, ice bath, fire massages, costumes and dancing. Then we went to Rockaway Beach and jumped in the ocean. Then we sat on top of the Red House out there. It was a wide way of experiencing the city in a very narrow amount of time.” “Would it be humane to have a hamster without a hamster wheel? I think it’s not. I would like to see more social spaces in New York City. I want to create opportunities for people to come together and connect through movement.”
Q&A “ The city has inexhaustible possibility. It is a cup that’s overflowing and could not possibly be poured out.”
What neighborhood do you live in? Bed-Stuy. Best thing about living there? Tree-lined streets and my backyard. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? Chinatown. Favorite street to stroll? Mile after mile of the Riverside Park along the Hudson River. Why? From skateparks to thick woods, from monuments to the swinging rings. It’s incredible that they’ve dedicated so much space in so many different ways to get us more in touch with the animals that live inside us. Favorite restaurant? Cheeky Sandwiches, Lower East Side. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
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Favorite bar? Swift, East Village. Hidden gem? Donut Plant on the Lower East Side —Crème Brûlée donut. How to be(come) a New Yorker? You become a New Yorker when you realize that you can be anyone you want to be in New York and start being yourself. Your New York soundtrack? Late night skating is done well to “My Girls” by the Animal Collective. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/jesse)
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“One day I folded 1,000 paper cranes in one day. I did it to win the heart of a girl. I had the focus to just sit there and make it happen. I have that kind of drive in me. It certainly was a really nice effort, but now I think that energy could have gone to something a little bit more personally relevant.”
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“About 10 years ago, we were up all night for a parkour training throughout the city, and I found this thing in the garbage. We all signed the back. I think seven out of the people who signed it, are still part of the parkour community today. It’s pretty cool.” PAINTING
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“A friend told me that if I could unlock a door that he couldn’t open, I could take whatever was behind it. I had never opened a lock, but I confidently told him I’d do it. I played around with it and I was able to do it. There’s a life lesson in that.” PADLOCK
RITUAL OBJECT “This was given to me by a friend. It’s part of my morning ritual or before I leave the house routine, just to remind me that I’m still dreaming. Life is still a dream.”
“My Superwoman girlfriend gave me this mug of a picture of my dog Bella. She is my spirit animal. She knows how to be calm and peaceful, friendly, energetic, but she also gets into trouble. She is like a soulmate.” MUG
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“I do think that the whole subject of gentrification and people getting pushed out is really loaded. Part of being a New Yorker to me is adapting. You constantly have to adapt to things, and rising rent is part of it. I do think it is important to protect local businesses, though. I grew up in the Village, which basically got rolled over by this whole thing, so I do see both sides. Working in real-estate, obviously, I have like many pro-pro-pro-development people who are in my ear all day.”
“ I used to be able to find one-bedrooms for people under a $1 million below 96th St. when I started seven years back. It’s crept up to about $2 million. The average rental was like $3,000 for a one bedroom. Today it’s more like $3,800. There might be a little more runaway, but I think it’s at a very high point.” “People don’t understand that we live in tight spaces. If you want to live close to all the hot restaurants downtown, you have to compromise. You might have a shower in the kitchen. There might have been 10 people in that apartment. Be happy it’s now two.” “The Village was a whole different animal when I grew up. The Meatpacking District was far from The Whitney Museum, The Standard Hotel and High Line. We used to climb up the High Line when I was a little kid. One
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time they were shooting gay porn up there. It was crazy, man. The city used to be just a little wilder. You rarely walk into shit like that anymore.” “Every subway car you get in is the United Nations. I love that. In New York, we have what you call a ‘no-bullshit diversity.’ It is diverse here, but people remain in their groups. When you go to other places, it feels fake. People are forced to become part of that location’s identity. Let’s say you’re Polish, and you don’t want to learn English. You can find places in Greenpoint where you can survive your entire life. You’ll get a job, be able to operate completely, do your taxes—everything. You come here and keep your identity, but also become part of a community, and the fabric of the city.”
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Q&A “ She is relentless, commanding and addictive. She’s going to cheat on you, play you — but you’re going to keep coming back because New York’s the top chick. This lady will teach you about perseverance. The need to elevate yourself. That’s my relationship to New York, for you.”
What neighborhood do you live in? Harlem. Best thing about living there? The sense of community. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? Tribeca. Favorite street to stroll? Broadway, but riding my bike. Why? You can experience every neighborhood of Manhattan in that stretch. Favorite restaurant? ILILI Favorite bar? It’s constantly changing. Puffy’s by my office in Tribeca is always solid, however. Hidden gem? Zabar’s deli section on the Upper West Side has a lot of real New Yorker characters trying to cut the line. How to be(come) a New Yorker? Adapt. Move with the city, not against it. Your New York soundtrack? Honestly, my New York anthem is the streets, aka, the sounds of the subway, people shuffling and cars honking. Otherwise, somehow the past two years this song has had me always stoked, “Conjure Balearia” by Maceo Plex. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/lincoln)
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“When I originally moved in here I was absolutely OCD. I drew a plan for the house obviously. I laid it out in multiple dimensions.”
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“This guy is significant because it’s my GoPro. I like to film things. I put it on my motorbike or my bicycle. I have to stop doing dumb things in traffic, though.
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“I grew up in a small village in the mountains where I felt very isolated because I was basically the only artist there and I needed to go find my tribe. As soon as my feet hit Brooklyn soil, I knew that this is the place where I’m going to be, this is where I’m going to plant my flag, because this is where I feel I belong.”
“ As a child, I found the book Sinbad the Sailor from the series Arabian Nights in my father’s library, and it became my guiding star. I wanted a life like that. I wanted to be sailing the seven seas and exploring the entire world. Now I have a ship where I live. I am the captain of Mothership NYC, an artist community with a combined live, work and presentation space. The crew consists of three permanent officers and two open spaces for visiting international artists who come to New York City to work on a project.” “Shakespeare asks, ‘What is the city, but the people?” For me New York’s main attraction is the immensely talented and fascinating people. A lot of people with a drive and a will to accomplish something are drawn to the bright lights of New York City.” “To stay the course of an artist in New York, you need three things. First, a real burning desire to share your story with the world. Second, you need a significant amount of grit and be able to stomach lots of humble
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pie, because this is not an easy business. You can’t expect to come out of school and have the world applaud you from the get-go. It doesn’t work like that. You need to make a living, so you have to be prepared to spend time doing other things to get by until your career takes off. Finally, you need luck. The right people need to see your work and take an interest in it.” “I have the cliché ‘New York artist studio.’ For many years I struggled, simply to have a tiny, little corner where I could create my work. Now suddenly, I have a whole ballroom. I have so much space that I can dance around by myself at night. Every day of my life I say thank you to the universe for this great gift.” “Greenpoint has become quite gentrified in my 19 years in this neighborhood. It’s like the colonialists pushing the creative tribe further and further into the wilderness. That’s why I call my studio the Last Frontier: We’re all the way on the water’s edge on that very last strip of industrial Brooklyn that’s still left.”
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Q&A “ If New York was a painting, it would definitely be very colorful, and it would have bold, expressive strokes. It would not be shy in any way. It would be in your face and it would be loud.” What neighborhood do you live in? Greenpoint. Best thing about living there? We are bordered by water on two sides, there is an occasional whiff of ocean in the air and you can hear the seagulls. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? Greenpoint. Favorite street to stroll? While I love people watching, sometimes I just want to enjoy uninterrupted thinking in a quiet spot. The Newton Creek Nature Walk in Greenpoint is great for that. Why? Hardly a patch of green, this secluded pathway along the Newton Creek is a tribute to the grimy beauty of heavy manufacturing and a reminder of Greenpoint’s past as a shipbuilding hub. Favorite restaurant? If you are looking for a place to bring a date you really like I recommend Zenkichi in Williamsburg. Once inside, the ingeniously placed mirrors, hidden rooms, and dim lights create a maze-like effect, and I feel like I slipped into some film noir from a long time ago.
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Favorite bar? The Brooklyn Barge in Greenpoint. It’s a boat floating on the East River without an actual street address. Hidden gem? The roof of my studio Last Frontier is a bird sanctuary, a beautiful wildflower meadow of native vegetation planted to attract wildlife. Against the backdrop of the surrounding industrial wasteland, complete with flames coming out of the pipes from the futuristic dome structure nearby, it makes for a surreal view. Few people know that this lovely spot is open to the public during regular business hours. How to be(come) a New Yorker? As Oscar Wilde put it: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Your New York soundtrack? “Super Taranta!” by Gogol Bordello—the original New York gypsy punk band. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/sol)
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picked up this merry fellow at an outdoor market when I was in China for an art exhibition. If granted a wish to meet one person from history I’d choose Buddha.”
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“ My mediums are painting and drawing. I create images—preferably life size—of heaps and piles of naked bodies. All the naked bodies that you see are people in my life, my friends. If you know my circle, you’ll recognize faces. I try to say something about how all living beings—humans, animals, plants, all of it—are all connected into one big, beautiful thing. We are oneness having the experience of separateness. “
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Mexican food: Fonda Jazz club: Nublu Quaint little restaurant: Virginia’s Beer: Alphabet City Beer Co. Wine-on-tap: Lois Greek food: Taverna Kyclades Adult playground: Break Bar & Billiards Gastropub: Gastroteca American restaurant: Fatty’s Cafe Neighborhood cocktail bar: The Ditty Bar + live music: Bed-Vyne Cocktail Coffee and kitchen: Stonefruit Gastropub: Black Swan Caribbean restaurant: Angela’s Cozy restaurant: Eva Jean’s Street art: Bushwick Collective Neighborhood bar: Father Knows Best Dine & drink movie theater: Syndicated Iconic pizza place: Roberta’s Themed parties: House of Yes
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“I grew up in the housing projects in Harlem with my aunt who raised me. Unfortunately, the crack epidemic was heavy back then. I lost both of my parents, so my aunt adopted my siblings and me. There were nine of us living together. That’s a lot. I grew up rough… I grew up not having food, not being able to change my clothes. I’d have to wash my shirts by hand. ”
“ The thing that makes Harlem very prevalent when it comes to the crack era is that there was also this fame of street life associated with it during that time. People see a lot of it on television and rap videos, the glory of it. We dealt with the hardship of it, of losing a mother to drugs and losing a father.” “I was in street gangs, so I’d get into a lot of tussles and fights in the streets. Jay-Z raps about it in his album, ‘4:44.’ Similarly, I grew up in General Grant public housing, and our rivals were people from Saint Nicholas housing projects. After school we’d be like, ‘Hey, we’re going over there and we’re going to fight them.’ But nobody knew why. These are beefs that have been going on for years.” “The people who definitely influenced me were my teachers. Simply knowing that I had a teacher who loved me, cared about me, who bought me an extra shirt, gave me the pencil
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my aunt couldn’t afford to buy me—kept me very, very hopeful.” “I think it’s our job and our responsibility, the Catherine Browns of the world who have survived, to give hope to other young people so they don’t think that’s it for them. That’s what I take from growing up rough. That’s why I work in education. Just to tell little people like, “Don’t worry, you are going to be whatever you want to be.” Because if they don’t hear that and they don’t see that, they, too, can become hopeless.” “I could never move away from New York City. It is so cultured here, so rich. Every borough is divided into sub-communities. In the Bronx we have a Little Italy, just like the Little Italy in Manhattan. We have a small Chinatown up here. We have a large West African community up here, too. You just can’t get away from the culture.”
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What neighborhood do you live in? I currently reside in Morrisania in the Bronx.
Favorite bar? The Fort, Morisville.
Best thing about living there? My neighborhood is so diverse.
Hidden gem? I truly enjoy Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem.
Favorite neighborhood in NYC? HARLEM, baby!
How to be(come) a New Yorker? New York City is one of the busiest places on earth. Don’t take anything personal and always be prepared to stand on the train!
Favorite street to stroll? My favorite street to stroll in New York is 125th in Harlem. Why? So many people and fond memories. It’s like the 42nd St. of Harlem. Favorite restaurant? Blockheads. I mean, what can I say? I love a good drink and burrito, lol.
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Your New York soundtrack? “Jump” by Aretha Franklin. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/catherine)
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“I picked this hat to prove I love the sport and New York City. We are a Yankees family, though.”
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SHOE “I had my first son when I was 14 years old. This was his first pair of sneakers. I love him. He’s my baby. I don’t care how big he is now.”
“These belong to my youngest son. His little Jordan sneakers. I love both of my sons so much.” PAIR OF SNEAKERS
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“The city gives you different perspectives on what is success. In places like the suburbs, success is having a house, a lawn, a family and money. Here, you can be a dog walker every day earning shit, but be the happiest person. It’s inspiring to see that the joy of life can have different kinds of expression. You can craft your own idea of what success is, here.”
“ If you move here, you need balance. You need to have a goal and move forward at all times. You have to remember why you came here.” “The city can swallow people alive because everything is available. When I started at NYU, a professor told us to look at the person to our right and to our left, because most likely none of these people will be here in five years. There was a lot of truth to that.” “When I was younger I lived a more hectic lifestyle. I wouldn’t see my friends in weeks. You start to burn out doing that. Friends are the ones who can so easily go because you’re being pulled this way or that way. It’s easy to have a million friends in New York, but it’s difficult to have one good friend. That can be heartbreaking. With New York you have to emphasize the relationships and focus on quality over quantity if you want to last.” “I left New York and lived in San Francisco
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for a while. I quickly I missed the energy and diversity of New York. I feel invigorated when I’m here. I like the pace here. San Francisco is diverse, in the sense that there’s a lot of different people there, but everybody is always in their car. People are not really melding. In NY you have to interact with people—and I love that.” “If New York were a cup of coffee, it would be a sweet coffee with a bitter finish. Sometimes this city can be really beautiful and sometimes it can be a mess. You can see the most welldressed person walking down the street and further down see a homeless person taking a shit in an alley. You have designer stores next to a deli. Projects next to new developments. Not that one is better than the other, but you have so many polar opposites. You can find anything here. Some of it is very beautiful and other parts are very dark.”
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What neighborhood do you live in? Ridgewood, Queens.
Favorite bar? Boobie Trap, Ridgewood.
Best thing about living here? Space, friends and laid-back vibes.
Hidden gem? Larry Lawrence Bar, Williamsburg.
Favorite neighborhood in NYC? Bushwick, where you can find me slinging coffee at Mixtape (coffee shop).
How to be(come) a New Yorker? Fall asleep on the subway and wake up in Coney Island at 5 a.m.
Favorite street to stroll? E. 7th Street. So many memories.
Your New York soundtrack? “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem.
Why? History, nostalgia and awesome pizza!
Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/andrew)
Favorite restaurant? Lucy’s Vietnamese Kitchen, Ridgewood.
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“I’m always listening to music. Sometimes it motivates me; sometimes it makes me cry. It makes me feel things. It is a big part of my life.” SPEAKER
YOGA MAT “I have practiced yoga intensely. It has helped me think and calm down. You want to be aggressive in this city sometimes. Every day there is a trigger. Then yoga really just helps you breathe.”
“Huge fan, but they continue to let me down year after year. I feel like a proud loser when I wear this cap, but I will stay true.” KNICKS CAP
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“My gift is to really listen and experience a person in an extraordinary way. I have clairvoyant ability. I can see energy. I am an empath which means I have the ability to feel other people. I am also a medium, meaning I can listen to dead people.”
“ When I was 13, I had this very particular psychic experience with my mother. We were hiding from my stepfather who was a very dangerous person. We were in the car, when I had a flash vision and saw that we were being followed by one of his kids and his friends in three cars behind us. I saw that if we drove home they would tell my stepdad where we were, and he would come and steal the car that night. My mother ignored it and I was pissed—I knew this was going to happen. I was watching it. The next morning the car was gone. That was the first moment I woke up and understood I was psychic.” “I came to New York when I was 31 and I only had three clients. In a year, I was earning more money than I ever had in my life. It spread like wild fire. I have never had a business card. Never had a website. Now I work in 18 countries.” “When I was younger, I used to sneak out and go to New York City when I was a kid, just to hang out and be in the city. The people here felt real. I had a hard time relating to the suburbs. To the houses. To what people were doing there. I was gay. This was before I understood I was psychic, but I understood I was different. In the suburbs I was surrounded by people that seemed to be Quoted, New York
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“ No New Yorker I’ve ever met is okay with just being boring or average or normal. They are looking for that edge.”
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What neighborhood do you live in? Upper West Side. Best thing about living there? Riverside Park and Central Park. Favorite neighborhood in NYC? West Village. Favorite street to stroll? Any street in the West Village. Why? It feels like home to me. I like that it still feels local. Favorite restaurant? The Mermaid Inn, Upper West Side. Favorite bar? Bar Centrale, Midtown. Hidden gem? Cafe Habana, Nolita. How to be(come) a New Yorker? You are an original, feel it, be it, live it. The outsiders are the ones who are imitating. Your New York soundtrack? “So Much to Say” by Dave Matthews. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/asa)
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“I just got this from a woman I met at a spiritual conference when I was 19. She had a radio show, and after talking for five minutes, she said ‘you’d be great on the radio. Come on my show.’ I became a regular, then co-hosted and did spiritual readings. We became real friends. She is crossing to the other side soon, so she gave me this.”
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“I used to run a metaphysical store and I got this from a crystal dealer. He traveled in a pick-up truck full of crystals and a shot gun. He was a spiritual-medicine kind of guy, who also was an artist. He drew on this drum and gave it to me.” DRUM
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“Sometimes I see other people who have settled down, and made little organic yoga babies with some investment banker named David Goldenbergstein and they have this perfect filtered Instagram life. I think, ‘Oh man, maybe I fucked it all up.’ But then I go to an art gallery, a free concert in the park or play drums with weird homeless people, and I realize it’s all good. I never wanted that other life.”
“ I have a booth that I set up with a big neon sign saying free sex advice. It starts with sex. We laugh. I embarrass myself. They embarrass themselves. I establish a relationship with people, then go deeper and figure out what’s really happening in their lives.” “I talk to a lot ‘invisible’ people who run New York. People who arrange flowers, cab drivers, garbage guys, prostitutes, drug addicts on the street, every kind of homeless you can imagine. There’s a lot of sad people who really need someone to talk to out here. It feels really good to give light and listen to people’s varying stories.” “Life here really, deeply reminds you that the only person you have is yourself. At the end of the day, you go to bed feeling, ‘I’m all I need.’
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You get your heart broken over and over again, because you can’t rely on others. That’s what New York teaches you in the end.” “The nature of this city offers you a rebirth, to regenerate. Every three years you have a whole new life here. New friends. New apartment. New lover. It constantly teaches you to let go, move on and reinvent yourself.” “You have to be liquid-like in adapting to the only constant you will ever have here: Change. You also have to self-regulate your anxiety that can come from comparing yourself to others, because no matter how powerful, hot, cool and successful you are – there are always 1,000 cooler, hotter, richer people who are killing it 10x more than you.”
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Q&A “ Anyone who’s lucky enough to move here should come. It tests you. It holds up the clearest mirror you will ever see and makes you gaze directly in your own eyes. It’s the best and the worst place in the whole world.”
What neighborhood do you live in? Williamsburg.
fresh coconuts and has big leather chairs in front of a roaring fire. PERFECT winter spot.
Best thing about living there? It has the vibe of a quaint village with instant access to all New York has to offer.
Hidden gem? Nighthawk Cinemas, a small indie theatre in Williamsburg that has a full bar and restaurant that is served on small tables in front of your seats while you watch movies.
Favorite neighborhood in NYC? Williamsburg. Favorite street to stroll? Minetta St. in West Village Why? It’s whisper quiet and full of wonderful twists and turns that make you feel like you’re no longer in Manhattan, but in a tiny hidden village. Favorite restaurant? Famous Sammy’s Romanian Steakhouse, Lower Manhattan. This is my hands down favorite place to celebrate life and special events. It has by far the greatest entertainment in New York. Just go. Favorite bar? Kingston Hall, East Village. Fabulous hidden Jamaican club house that serves drinks in
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How to be(come) a New Yorker? You need to be able to find stillness while the world rushes around you and love using your feet as your main transportation. You need to be ready to cry, scream, laugh, dance, learn, love, grow and be challenged constantly from all sides. There is no break. There is no time to be basic. There is no time to be boring. New York forces you to live NOW and sleep when you’re dead. Your New York soundtrack? “Ride Like the Wind” (Extended Disco Mix) by Joey Negro. Can we come visit you? Yes! (3 minute video interview quotedmagazine.com/zoe)
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“This was given to me by my best college friend, Ben, a nervous yet brilliantly charismatic Scotsman. He gave it to me when I visited him in Edinburgh to do stand up at The Fringe Festival. The round top part of the hat can be folded flat, making it the best travel accessory. It’s brought me great luck.”
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“I moved to New York with my lifelong partner-in-crime, Brandon. I lived with him for many moons and he gave this to me for my 27th birthday. His name is Bebop and he dances and sings when you press his tiny blue hand. He always makes me laugh and remember beautiful moments of love and friendship.” BEBOP.
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“It’s just the most ridiculous photo. It clearly shows the 15-year age gap between my siblings and I, since I was the “best mistake” my mother ever made. I love how preppy everyone looks.” FAMILY PORTRAIT
CLAY DOLL “I love my mom the most. She has always loved Santa Fe, NM. We spent a lot of time there when I was a kid. We started collecting these tiny, handmade clay dolls and pots. Whenever I look at them I feel like my mom is in the room. I used to tell them my secrets and my troubles. They’re really good at keeping secrets.”
“This is how I started my comedy career. I would set up a booth in Union Square and yell at people until they sat down with me and let me interview them about their lives. I love it so, so much.” MINI MEGAPHONE
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8,550,405 personalities and stories roam the bustling streets, skyscrapers and city lights of New York. We hope the featured voices whose lives you glimpsed left a memorable footprint, whether it’s a different view on a local’s lifestyle, intimacy with strangers, excitement to explore the city in new ways, or simply human love and fascination for the diversity New York represents. All New York asks of its people is to have an open mind, but before you know it, the city sucks you into the point of addiction and then breaks your heart. And you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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