“Here is New York” by E.B. White is a tribute and a love letter written to the hustling and bustling life of New York. The essay is a remarkable and immaculate composition of everything within New York. It is named one of the best ten books ever written about the “Grand Metropolis” by none other than the New York Times magazine.

E.B White was supposed to write an article for the Holiday magazine. Instead, he wrote this essay, which was later sent back as a revision, before its publication in 1948, which he vehemently refused. This book’s existence quenches every New York lover’s thirst, especially those who can’t visit it for different reasons.

Every reader of this beautifully composed book will go hand-in-hand with E.B. White and explore different parts of Manhattan. Although the changes in New York state are far more significant than seventy years before, indulging yourself in the old depictions of New York from a writer’s perspective will enhance your imagination. The book makes the reader feel present in that past time.

Exploring the streets of old New York and drawing comparisons with the new one will be an exciting feat. The writer himself talks about certain aspects of the writing that’s no longer accurate of the city as time and change are the factors that contribute to its transformation.

The book encompasses all of the past Manhattan and its diversity. It eloquently describes the place as poetry and compresses it in a few lines to keep it short (only 7500 words essay). The book highlights how diverse the city had become and an apt label in 1949 when the United States had become the world’s most powerful land.

The book is a clear indication of what lasts and what matters about the city than the other, more lengthy pieces written. The book also sheds light on the fact that New York is a place where people learn and make a name for themselves. This is the hidden quality of the state. The book also says that the place can destroy a dreamer or fulfill their dreams as long as he is willing to be lucky in New York.

The book carries unfamiliar places that we don’t have in the “latest” New York, but the book vividly describes those places. It will almost feel as if walking in the new New York and taking a left on some street will bring you precisely to the place the writer mentioned (even though the scene written then is seven decades earlier).

Moreover, the book describes the natives of the place as commuters who provide the city with tidal restlessness, natives who provide continuity, and settlers who give passion to the city.

“Here Is New York” gives a tremendous and sometimes sadly nostalgic feels throughout the essay. The writer beautifully portrayed New York as its main character and described all its grittiness and beauty. The city is described as having all human races and breeds bred on that island, making it the biggest human concrete on earth with its magic comprehensible to its

Here is New York ❤️