Last week I was staying at the my friend's place in hell's kitchen NYC and I spotted this typical New York iron fire escape. So I ask if he had gone up there; to my surprise he said no. So we went. I spotted this good spot and asked him to jump it and there it is. With a bit of luck this shot captured so much of my friend's soul; a young fellow trying to make it in the big city his head full of the American dream. The friend versus city and the infinite energy that keeps him going.