He's chosen this very solitary lifestyle, where he does not engage, where he does not commit. He stays on the margins all the time, and I think for the first time he's thinking, Why do I do that?
It's one of America's most-storied neighborhoods: Harlem, originally a rural enclave for wealthy Manhattanites, later a thriving center of African-American culture, and now .. well, that's not certain yet. Harlem's story is told in a book by journalist Craig Marberry and photographer Michael Cunningham.