Here I collected the sometime stunning and shocking, sometime boringly ordinary impressions this amazing and frightening city left behind. This visual diary shows how I worked up to be the part of New York City for a while. I was eager to learn about the social issues that the local residents face, and to gain experience that I could take back with me. Also the diverse volunteer projects with New York Cares and Oxfam America Action Corps NYC took me to neighborhoods and communities which formed these thought imprints ::