David Eigenberg Quotes

I obviously spent a lot of time in New York City, and I loved it, but Chicago has a very different history than New York City does.

David Eigenberg

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• I obviously spent a lot of time in New York City, and I loved it, but Chicago has a very different history than New York City does.

  

  David Eigenberg
  • Time
  • Different
  • History