In my eyes, the Astor Place tower is the most potent symbol of the absence of urban grit.

This has nothing to do with high-rise glamour or urban grit.

I've always found the audience for urban grit to be rather small.

Yet the show has been stripped of the urban grit and parodic wit of the downtown production of 21 years ago.

For all their urban grit, the genteel heart of these shows has been laid bare.

He has made films covered in urban grit before, like the powerful "TwentyFourSeven."

Beyond, the leafy streets of Sunnyside emphasize the nearby urban grit.

But, ask critics, where's the urban grit?

Oakland, with less than half San Francisco's population, has more urban grit and moxie than its bigger neighbor.

Besides rural charm, New England is also about urban grit.