Boisterous on the subway and bumping into commuters on their way home from work, or excitedly talking in huddles on street corners near their high school or in front of a pizza parlor, teenagers in New York City haven't changed much in fifty years, when the author grew up on the Upper East Side. Today's kids have the same basic needs as they've always had: hope for the future and an adult who cares. These adults create an impression of the future that kids tend to grow into.
In Growing Up In New York City, author Howard Freeman shares stories of kids growing up in New York City from diverse backgrounds and parts of the city, and from several different decades—and recounts his own story from the 1970s, when many families like his abandoned the city for a "better place to raise kids." Ultimately, whether working in Wall Street buildings or sweeping the trash from the corner of Wall and Broad, the kids who grow up in New York City often later run the city and, as a result, run much of the world.
- ISBN10 1510722920
- ISBN13 9781510722927
- Publish Date 22 November 2018
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English