"A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future"--
New York is a city whose DNA comes from all over the world, a fantastic and unique place belonging to America yet not completely American.
Updated to include major new buildings of the last five years, this volume is a celebration of the buildings of New York City and their history with over 600 color photos.
New York is one of the most ever-changing and photogenic places in the world.
New York City the perfect place for a boy and his dad to spend the day!
In the summer of 1948, E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the heat, wrote a remarkable pristine essay, Here is New York.
Hunter. Nearby isoneof the park's oldest and mosttreasured statues, the I NDIAN H UNTER , which depicts aNative American hunter with hisbowand his hunting dog. Dedicated in 1869, it is the work of J OHN Q UINCY A DAMS W ARD and was THE ...
40 As the 1980s drew to a close , Tom Wolfe's best - selling novel , The Bonfire of the Vanities , became the most talked about New York book in a generation . With dark humor , Wolfe chronicled the chasm between the rich and everyone ...
This book lets you experience New York as your favorite famous New Yorkers do and get a rare peek into parts of New York they hold especially dear.
Have you ever flown into New York City and marveled out the plane windows at the incredible view of the skyline from the air? With unprecedented access from both helicopter...
This book is a travel guide of sorts to New York's local legends and best kept secrets, filled with crazy characters, cursed roads, abandoned sites, and bizarre roadside attractions that the author feels reflect the shared modern folklore ...