S. Jhoanna Robledo

There's nothing average about New York City, many of us would argue. From its monumental canyons of glass, concrete, and steel and delightful brownstone-lined side streets to its cacophonous hodge-podge of people and personalities and passions—just witness the potent and poignant sight of Yemeni bodega owners protesting against the new administration's immigration ban stopping to say their prayers in Brooklyn's Borough Hall last week—New York City is full of singularity.