The Metropolitan Spirit

Celebrating the phenomenon of the Metropolitan Spirit breathing life into the city and nourishing its people.

The Who played Madison Square Garden and Jones Beach Theatre.  Van Morrison returned to Forest Hills Stadium.

In the days after September 11 thousands of flyers and bulletins went up in public places around New York City.

In the 1950’s a few spirited women haunted the Beat cafes of Greenwich Village and went on to live as ex-pats in Paris.

Some of the most magical walks in New York begin at Cedar Hill in Central Park near 5th Av. and 79th St.

Classical Music concerts, as described by E.B. White, have been presented at the Central Park Bandhsell since 1905.

Ric Burns’ documentary, The Center of the World, is one of the most brilliant and moving films ever made.

The Metropolitan Spirit of the Eternal City is relished in the imagery of Bob Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”

The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th Avenue at 82nd Street is a joyful gathering place for denizens and visitors.

The Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center annually presents the works of Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, and Puccini.

E. B. White, Paul Goldberger, and F. Scott Fitzgerald as perhaps the most enchanting writers of New York.

F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals how sudden good fortune from his first novel, and the frolic of flappers belied the secrets of the Jazz Age.