New York City has long been known as a hub of innovation and opportunity, a place where creativity and sheer force of will can produce achievements previously unimagined. Companies that have changed how we experience the world—from Alexander Graham Bell’s Bell Laboratories to Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records—all got their start in the city that never sleeps.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2012/01/17-new-york-innovation-katz-rodin