<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishNilijua kwamba kwa sehemu ni kwa sababu ya Alfred Kazin kwamba New York ilionekana kama mahali pa mawazo, mahali ambapo maisha yalifunguka.  <response>: And I understood that it was partly because of Alfred Kazin that New York seemed a place of the imagination, a place where life opened up. 