Poetry in New York City
The following poems are located on fences along the Esplanade in Battery Park City.“City of the World,(for all races are here, all the lands of the earth make contributions here! City of the Sea! City of wharves and stores – City of tall facades of marble and iron! Proud and Passionate City – Mettlesome, Mad, Extravagant City!”
- Walt Whitman
"One need Never Leave the confines of New York to get all the Greenery one wishes – I can’t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there’s a subway handy, or a record store, or some other sign that people do not totally regret life.”
- Frank O’Hara
The next time you are biking or running along the Esplanade in Battery Park City slow down long enough to notice the poetry. It is the little things that make the city interesting.