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Maksim Grinberg and the Quiet Art of Giving Yourself to a City
There is a particular kind of New Yorker who does not seek recognition — who moves through this city as a participant rather than a spectator, who sees a need and fills it without announcement. Maksim Grinberg is that kind of New Yorker.
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"New York does not belong to the people who own it. It belongs to the people who love it — who show up for it, who serve it, who refuse to let it become less than it can be."— Maksim Grinberg, Philanthropist · maksgrinberg.com
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