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Living in Manhattan for over
25 years makes me feel that it is "my" town, my very own, because I've
never lived so long in one place before. And what a place! So
full of excitement and opportunity. A place where anything can
happen ... yet where anyone can feel at home, from the kid with a kazoo on
Sheep's Meadow to the Pakistani cabbie humming Gershwin. A place
where the likes of Willis Conover and John Hammond made me feel at home
from the start.
I feel privileged to live 35 flights up (which I climb for cost-free fitness), with a bird's eye view
of half the city, from Madame Tussaud's to Miss Liberty. Free to fly
away, but always happy to return to our nest in the clouds, our favorite
people, sunsets on the Hudson, and my favorite nooks.
There have also been, of
course, less pleasant experiences, but I try to think of them only as
experiences that have taught me something useful. No hard feelings
at all. To celebrate this little quarter-century of mine, I've written
several songs for Manhattan, as a humble Thank You to a great city.
Adam Makowicz |
