New York as an infrastructural city

One of the most curious and remarkable things about new York city is
the way infrastructure is celebrated. Compared to many other cities
I've been in infrastructure isn't hidden but rather expressed.
Potentially because infrastructure is such a sustaining element here,
it has to be that way. The fact that people use almost every means of
getting into this city solidifies it both as a great American city and
as a key infrastructural node.