The City We Became

Prolog| See, What Had Happened Was | 1

Interruption | 21

Chapter One| Starting with Manhattan, and the Battle of FDR Drive

Chapter Two| Showdown in the Last Forrest | 51

Chapter Three| Our Lady of (Staten) Aislyn | 88

Interruption | 110

Chapter Four| Boogie-Down Bronca and the Bathroom Stall of Doom | 115

Chapter Five| Quest for Queens| 128

Chapter Six | The Interdimensional Art Critic Dr| White | 139

Chapter Seven| The Thing in Mrs| Yu's Pool | 172

Interruption | 207

Chapter Eight| No Sleep in (or near) Brooklyn | 214

Chapter Nine | A Better New York Is In Sight | 227

Chapter Ten| Make Staten Island Grate Again(st Sao Paulo) | 266

Chapter Eleven| Yeah, So, About That Whole Teamwork Thing | 291

Chapter Twelve| They Don't Have Cities There | 328

Chapter Thirteen| Beaux Arts, Bitches | 346

Chapter Four Teen| The Gauntlet of Second Avenue | 374

Chapter Fifteen| "And lo, the Beast looked upon the face of Beauty"|| 392

Chapter Sixteen| New York Is Who? | 412

Coda | 430

Acknowledgements| 435