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"

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

e-shoes

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

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

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

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

"I don't believe in you!"

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

A man looks up at the earth

I love the Shard

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

Country farmhouse loaf / Inner city highrise loaf.

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

Fish-tank Skyscraper.

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

Manhattan Cat atop the Woolworth Building

Monster Clown

"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."

Manhattan Cat atop the Flatiron Building

"With great power comes great, great stress."

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

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

urban agriculture

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

Entering Dystopia - Formerly Pleasant Hills

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

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

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

"Real estate values soar, cute boutiques proliferate, fine cuisine abounds. These are exciting times to live in Hoboken."

Working Vacation.

Manhattan Woods