NYC Meditations, Part 2: Psychogeography of the Endless Island

My stay in Manhattan has become something of a drift in the sense of the Situationist ""psychogeography", that is, "the study of the effects of geographical settings, consciously managed or not, acting directly on the mood and behaviour of the individual." My brother knows exactly where he is going, whereas I do not, therefore every twist and turn leads to a new urban vista, both inside and out. I never knew this simple island of concrete and trees contained such a diverse ecosystem of neighborhoods, from the mundane mall vibe of South Street Seaport to the Kids skateboard beatdown setting at Washington Square Park to the unknown park systems of far northern Manhattan -- it's like a fractal exploding inward the deeper I explore, each pedestrian journey buffeted by the timeless netherworld of the subways, a dank hot purgatory of repeating (infra)structures which makes one wonder: have I been here my whole life?