I love what John Stern, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, and historian with a lifelong care for NYC wrote in the Introduction:
"Every city, like every person, is a unique relation of opposites. The way hardness and softness, past and present, sameness and difference, rest and motion, vertical and horizontal come together in New York is what makes this city great. For example, the city consists of about 300 neighborhoods in all 5 boroughs making for its rich diversity—each of which is like the others, yet is also different.
Mr. Siegel loved the city. He lived in New York most of his life, taught Aesthetic Realism here, walked on its streets, wrote poetry, and lectured on the city—its history, its economy, its poets, writers, and artists—and much, much more. To hear him speak about New York and its people was an unforgettable experience, mingling as he always did the utmost in feeling and the greatest exactitude, wide range and great depth. He made New York, its people, and all
they had to do with alive and permanent to me."
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