downtown

“As far as I'm concerned, there are only two valid reasons to venture down­town. One of them is the second-hand bookstores, undeniably the best in the city. The other is the obligatory trek down to The Village Voice to hand in one's copy under the duress of a deadline”

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“One of my supreme ambitions is to live to be 120 years old and be able to say I never set foot inside Bloomingdale's”