Cityscape Churner Gifts

"I did 'stop and smell the flowers' once. Then I bought them, cut them down, and put up condos."

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

"The woman on the fire escape who acted like it was a balcony"

e-shoes

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

"Why do they call it rush hour when no one goes anywhere?"

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

"Sorry, the sound of your chewing sends me into a rage."

"This is a side of Manhattan you don't often see."

A man looks up at the earth

"Isn't the universe wonderful?" "I thought there was supposed to be fireworks."

“It's $195 million. Now, I know what you're thinking: 'OK, what's the catch?'”

I love the Shard

"I don't believe in you!"

Country farmhouse loaf / Inner city highrise loaf.

Fish-tank Skyscraper.

"Hey, I just consider myself very fortunate to be getting paid for something I'd be doing anyway."

A couple looks at posters of Rio, Paris and Tokyo, all of which feature skyscrapers.

Manhattan Cat atop the Woolworth Building

"It's wonderful, darling. It really says Manhattan."

"Someday this will all be yours...assuming that someday you'll have enough to buy it from me."

Monster Clown

Manhattan Cat atop the Flatiron Building

'It's amazing that with all the things I've done that I haven't gotten a big head.'

"With great power comes great, great stress."

"He knows 'sit, stay, paw' and 'upstate.'"

urban agriculture

Entering Dystopia - Formerly Pleasant Hills

"It's a sad state of affairs when Lever House begins to seem like a warm old friend."

"We call it, 'Green meadows' because that's what it was before we decided to build on it."

"I feel like I was just a foundation yesterday."

"Sarah, get me my own billboard right across the way. I'd like an office with a nice view."

"Honey, my boss moved me upstairs – way upstairs!"

"Stop playing with your food!"

Working Vacation.