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City Secrets has turned its innovative concept to New York, and the result is the fourth and—at 582 pages—the largest in this acclaimed series of guidebooks. City Secrets New York City, edited by Robert Kahn, is a breathtaking guide to art, food, architecture, and cultural landmarks in all five boroughs, written by more than 300 savvy and sophisticated New Yorkers. The entries range in tone from the literary to the conversational, the humorous to the scholarly. Together, this collection of vignettes forms not only a practical guidebook, but a dazzling panorama of the magnificent city.
In the pages of City Secrets New York City:
• A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist evokes a timeless Village bookstore
• An artist takes you on an intimate tour of three exceptional paintings
• A food editor invites you into the sepia-toned interiors of vintage saloons
• An architect introduces you to the tailor that fitted Ernest Hemingway in the 1930's
• A writer leads you to the Diamond District to find the best cheese blintzes in the city
• A producer recommends a Midtown coffee shop where actors, directors and producers can be found hatching the next Broadway hit
This elegant, clothbound book features a subtle, non-guidebook design, detailed maps of all five boroughs, and recommended reading. New Yorkers who contributed to City Secrets New York City include: novelists Michael Cunningham and Rick Moody, actors Laura Linney and Eric Stolz, journalists Anna Quindlen and Kurt Andersen, poet laureate Mark Strand, neurologist Oliver Sacks, architects Richard Meier and Philip Johnson, MoMA director Glenn Lowry, artist Brice Marden, playwright John Guare, designer Kate Spade, and many others, including historians, urban archaeologists, gourmets, curators, and filmmakers.
Customer Reviews:
best kept secret.......2007-08-23
I have an armload of NYC guides and this one is a delight to read. It is a love affair with the big apple and a great addition to a standard get around the city type book
I just can't get past the lack of aesthetics..........2007-08-02
I was soooo looking forward to getting this book - but I have to honestly say that the layout is so utterly boring that I just can't get past it. The book is full of beige, beige, and more beige (other than the black on white text that is).
For an individual that is "directionally-challenged", I would have difficulty locating where I'm supposed to be in the city based strictly upon written instruction. Plus, frankly, I love to look at the beautiful photography that can be found in some guidebooks (and some imagery would help determine if a particular walking tour was a good fit to the reader). I really think if the layout were made more appealing that more people would get into this book.
Good but not for the short-term vacation turist.......2007-05-07
This book has some good secrets but i found some not very useful or interesting or yet non existant (or so secret they change the adress regularly). Depending on your profession look in the collaborators index for a person of whom you think you identify with or you like their resume and try looking at their secrets its the easier way i found to get some useful and intersting secrets (some colaborators are simply ill-chosen are i don tknow why they were found to be useful to adress in the book). BUt mainly if you are the 7 day vacation turist go for a amercian express ou rough guide to the city and you'll get just fine!
keep your money.......2007-01-11
Every winter I spend a week in NYC -to attend the opera, theater, concerts, museums, etc. I hoped this book would offer me some unexpected, relatively undiscovered places to explore. Not so. A waste of my money.
Explore New York.......2006-07-15
Great guide to quirky shops, less well-known sports and odd bitss of history. A joy to read and to guide your explorations.
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From the obvious to the obscure, the sophisticated to the sophomoric, this book catalogs the endless free opportunities available in the Big Apple, surprising visitors and natives alike.
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excellent purchase.......2007-03-09
This was a great purchase!! It came in good time. I'm not sure about the content because It was a present for a friend but she hasn't had any complaints so as far as i know excellent!!
A must for any visitor or new resident on a budget........2006-10-15
If ever there was a city where it pays to be cheap, it'd be in New York, one of the most expensive cities in the world - and from a native New Yorker comes a book which packs in over a thousand listings of free opportunities to be found there, from wine tastings and music to dance, games and fitness. From small clubs and select, limited events to low-rent, no-fee apartments, THE CHEAP BASTARD'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY is a must for any visitor or new resident on a budget.
Diane C. Donovan
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Funny with GREAT Information.......2006-03-13
This book gives great info for the budget minded person who is planning a move to the Big Apple (me). It's written with a sense of humor. Very honest, good information!
Useful in parts, outdated phone numbers.......2005-10-28
I do not think I have ever returned a book after I bought it (grad school books don't fall in this category). But sadly, I had to return this book to Barnes and Nobel a week after I bought this particular book. The mistake was mine. I did not check to see when it was printed. The copy that I bought for close to $15 in Oct 2006 was printed in 2004...it was 2 years old! No wonder I did not find it useful. For starters, quite a few of the phone numbers were incorrect, and then from there things went downhill for me.
Two years ago, this must have been a useful book to have, but today with the Internet, and specifically Google a reader's patience and threshold for incorrect information is very low. And, I clearly fall in that category.
If you happen to see it in your local library or a book shop, do browse through it for there are useful nuggets of information to travel and live in the Big Apple.
Don't try this at home!.......2005-07-16
I grew up in New York. It really is, as Sinatra sings (he's still alive, ain't he?) 'a helluva town.' And for all the hype (See Lupica or Kornheiser on TV for more than 10 minutes - if you can) it's gutsy, gritty, dirty, hopeful, and alive. Certainly alive. It really is the best and worst of America. If Kerry had said to the New Yorkers "you are the heart and soul of America" I don't know if he would have won the election but he wouldn't have ticked off 1/2 the population as when he said it to an audience of 'Hollywood Insiders.'
But it's not for the weak of heart. It's like having a lifetime subscription to working out at Bally's with Cher and Nicole, and deciding to have 'a quick workout' at the Kronk Gym while visiting Detroit.
I love New York. But like all lopsided relationships, I also respect it. "Taking a walk in New York" (one of the sub chapters) is pretty cool but like all mammoth cities, a couple of blocks the wrong way and . . . .what did we call it in Vietnam . . . well. Forget what we called it. It could be a mistake.
Great book. Great city. Let me leave you with one thought, not to denigrate other cities. Do you remember the firemen pouring into WTC moments before they imploded? I do. With tears in my eyes. I don't know if that would have happened in a lot of other places. That's New York. Larry Scantlebury. 5 stars.
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There are dozens of published guides to New York City, nearly all of them covering the same well-trodden territory of pricey restaurants, major hotels, and shopping at pick-your-pocket prices. Here's a tourist guide with a difference. New York insider and Village Voice columnist Robert Sietsema has assembled a topic-focused book: Secret Metrocard explains how to get the most bang for the buck from this new transit card. Explained are how to turn a free transfer into a free round trip and how to exploit the 18-minute secret grace period.
Secret American Indians divulges where to find a hidden Indian cave right on the island of Manhattan.
Secret Cheap Eats reveals where to get a delicious, multi-course meal for less than five dollars.
Also revealed are how to plug in to the Japanese underground, where to find the best bagel and egg cream, where to find the rock clubs that the hipsters frequent, and where to rent a bicycle to tour the city and where to ride it. Secret New York includes the inside information that natives use to get by in this challenging metropolis.
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From the pages of The Forward comes celebrated author Anne Roiphe’s episodic and brilliant novel of a big-city mayor and the struggles that shape the fortunes of his city, the life of his family, and the condition of his soul.
Mel Rosenberg is the mayor of a city uncannily similar to New York, which is being terrorized by a string of unusual attacks. Hundreds of ducks are found dead in the park; animals mysteriously die at the zoo; dozens of people are killed by poisoned food; all of the elevator operators in one building are murdered; and the mayor is kidnapped. In addition to handling the city’s multiple crises, Mel must also contend with the pressures of his imperfect family—a daughter-in-law who is a compulsive shoplifter; an ungrateful son obsessed with status; an insecure daughter with a troubled marriage—not to mention a sexy, aggressive newspaper reporter who aims desperately to be his mistress. On top of it all, he becomes entangled in a high-profile political scandal that could ambush his aspirations of being elected the first Jewish president of the United States.
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Secrets of the City, Anne Roiphe has delivered a fast-paced, engaging story written with humor, shrewd insight, and tenderness. Her characters explore issues that are as contemporary as they are timeless, and the plot has as many unexpected twists and turns as the West Village streets. This is an insider’s peek at life in the fast lane in the most brilliant and brutal city in the world, with all its secrets laid bare.
Customer Reviews:
Good, with a slight reservation.......2004-04-22
While it took me a little while to get into the book, I did find that enjoyed it quite a bit. I did have a small issue, though.
I was not a fan of the abrupt changes from character to character. Each chapter had at least one, and it was very distracting to start. I was able to get used to it, but I don't know if it was an overall benefit to the book.
I did like that the book kept the serialized form and didn't try to make larger chapters from the material. It kept the story moving and allowed for quick changes in story lines (in a way that wasn't disruptive).
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Howard reveals his unique writing gifts and original insights as a young married man recalling the amazing variety of experiences he had during his years living in New York City. He presents a sort of wide-eyed response on the part of a new, young husband to the great, twinkling kaleidoscope of New York, playing off the thousand diversions offered by that incredible city (opera, ballet, dining, sports, social life, etc.) against an increasingly strong awareness that the hidden mysteries of domestic fidelity, marriage, fatherhood, and routine duties, are at the "Center" around which New York life whirls.
This is a timely book about the unique mixture of human and spiritual experiences that make up life in a great, complex city, confronting tensions that are timeless and ubiquitous. Illustrated.
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A wonderful introduction to Howard.......2004-06-15
This was the first book from Thomas Howard that I read. And what a wonderful start it was.
Last summer, I was in New York City for almost two months, doing volunteer work in the Sout Bronx, and I bought the book, telling myself I should read it before I trek up North for the summer. The book arrived, and I read it within a few days, and was enlightened for having done so. Howard has a perspective unlike any other, but one that we need. Which is why I'm glad he writes books, for through his books, we can share, in a certain sense, his perspective.
Anyways, this is how I explained the book to those who were curious about it's point: The secret that Howard alludes to in his title is quite basic, but quite forgotten by many. The point is that things like restaraunts, and ballet, and opera, and museums, and what not, are all quite wonderful. But, they all have their place. Life is kind of like a kaleidoscope, and God ought to be at the center, around which EVERYTHING ELSE revolves around. Yes, even family, even friends, and, for those thespians out there (of which I would like to include myself), even theatre. This harks to mind the wonderful wisdom from Christ: Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven.
This book is short, but it is also sweet. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who has an appreciation for literature.
Joe Muir
Thomas Howard Takes Manhattan.......2004-04-10
Anyone who's seen the film "Out on a Limb" probably remembers the part where Shirley McLaine is in an occult bookstore and books fly off the shelf, as if urged by an unseen hand. I don't know if librarians can continue in this way to suggest reading selections from beyond the grave, but if I were a spirit so inclined, I would bonk people on the head with this book. Why? Because unaided, it has so much against it. Who's Thomas Howard? Why a book about New York? If it's a real book, why doesn't Amazon even have a picture of it? I found it in a bookstore in Pennsylvania by happenstance, but had an unseen benefactor brought it to my attention by shoving it off the shelf, I'd be thanking them now. This ranks with On Being Catholic among Thomas Howard's best books, and it suffers from the same problem: that casual readers may find it difficult going (see my solution to this problem at the end of my Thomas Howard Guide). Apart from that, this collection of essays ranges widely,while yet retaining the Howardian touch. It also manages to bridge between the musings and casual ruminating of his earlier books (like Chance or the Dance) and the insight and excitement in his later books (Charles Williams, Lead Kindly Light, On Being Catholic). In some ways it hearkens back to his delightful column in The New Oxford Review. Lacking the hands-on approach of a literary poltergeist, my persuasive powers are limited to words. But if you like Thomas Howard, don't miss this intriguing and visionary book. Consider yourself bonked.
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- very entertaining as well as informative
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New York's Best-Kept Secrets
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very entertaining as well as informative.......1999-08-11
i luv this book because it is very casual and user friendly.I am a limousine driver and i have used this book often.My only recommendation is for this book to be updated.
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Welcome to the city that never sleeps. By day, New York City is the financial capitol of the world. At night, the city is alive with myriad lights, diamonds dazzling in the buildings that scrape the sky. Music, food, dance and dark rituals all can be found beneath the mantle of darkness in New York City. Here within Gotham there have always been secrets, countless, sinister and horrifying. From the savage massacre at Throg's Neck to the things beneath the earth on Barren Island, New York City has always been protective of its mysteries. Now many of them are revealed. Secrets of New York is a compendium of one of the oldest and most renowned cities in the United States. This volume explores the strange events above and below the gridiron streets and avenues of the world's financial capital during the 1920s. With a plethora of characters to bring the city to life, and a detailed history to build scenarios upon, Secrets of New York is an indispensable tool for keepers and players playing adventures in Gotham. Included are maps and historical documents and photographs to bring 1920s New York City to life, as well as three scenarios that explore the most popular and less savory locales of this grand metropolis.
Customer Reviews:
What I wanted..........2007-07-24
First off, I enjoyed reading this book. The history of the city tinged with Mythos lore made for a fun evening diversion. My practical use for the book in the game was more indirect, however.
I was running the players through "Look to the Future" in Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (which takes place in New York). I found this book to be extremely helpful in setting the mood for that chapter of the campaign. The characters wanted to know where hotels, restaurants, etc. were, and Secrets of New York delivered.
I haven't had the chance to run either scenario, but they both look promising.
I would certainly recommend this book to any Keeper.
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- Oh my gosh I couldn't put it down
- An enjoyable and funny mystery
- What A Great Book
- What a delightful surprise!
- Not what I expected...........
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The Secret Apartment
Natalie Fast
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
ASIN: 0385746717
Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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Eleven-year-old Jillian’s life is changing and she’s not happy about it. First of all, her mother got remarried and they moved from their house in Pennsylvania to her new stepfather’s apartment in New York City. Second, her new stepfather has a daughter, which means Jillian now has a stepsister. An evil teenage stepsister who talks on the phone all the time and has a stupid dog. And finally, Jillian is being sent to camp for the summer where she has to endure Peace Circles and sack races.
But Jillian gets a break when Mrs. W in the penthouse apartment asks her to catsit for the summer. Mrs. W’s apartment is full of art and art supplies, vintage dresses and hats, and cakes and soda, and most important, it offers a great view of the windows in the building across the street. Watching the neighbors is fun–until Jillian and her new friend Emily see something that doesn’t look right. And it’s up to them to save the day.
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Oh my gosh I couldn't put it down.......2006-10-31
I am 10 year old girl (telling my mom) that I thought this book was great. I couldn't stop reading it during school and in the car. This book would be great for kids who are into mysteries. I really liked the way they showed the girl Jillian's point of veiw. It is an really good book even though it is a little harsh how Jillian's sister treated her in the beginning but I liked how they got it together and became friends.
An enjoyable and funny mystery.......2005-11-18
It's the worst summer of 11-year-old Jillian's life. She and her mother have moved to a New York apartment from their house in Pennsylvania to live with Jillian's new stepfather and a mean stepsister, Mariella. Jillian misses her home and friends, and yearns for her father, who died a few years ago.
Jillian's life turns even worse when her parents enroll her in a hippie-dippy day camp where her counselor, Rainbow, forces the kids to sit in a peace circle and make their own "special sounds." Mrs. Whiteflower, a sculptor who lives in the penthouse of Jillian's apartment building, saves the day by offering Jillian an afternoon cat-sitting job. It will work out perfectly, since camp is in the morning. Not only will she earn $25 a day, but Jillian (an artist) can help herself to any of Mrs. Whiteflower's art supplies.
Jillian makes a friend, Emily. Before long, the two girls are ditching their respective lame day camps to hang out in Mrs. Whiteflower's cool apartment all day and observe the fascinating people who are living their lives in nearby apartments.
But among the people cooking, talking on phones, arguing and watching television, they spy a mystery. Who is the handsome teen boy who sits alone, day after day, staring at the wall? When the girls finally discover who the mystery guy is, they're shocked. They know they must take action, but they're impeded at every turn.
Meanwhile, Mariella continues to be a total pain except when she's crying into the phone. Is it boy problems, as Jillian first assumes? Or could there be more to Jillian's wicked stepsister than her snotty persona suggests?
This is an enjoyable mystery with a funny, likeable main character who grows and changes in a satisfying manner through the course of the story. New York is an integral player in the plot, and is described so strongly that I feel as if I've visited Jillian's new city. Recommended as a quick, light read for mystery lovers.
P.S. I will never look at cheese again in the same light!
What A Great Book.......2005-11-14
This book kept me turning the pages just to see what happens next. I told all of my friends about it and they bought it and loved it too. I can't wait for Natalie's next book.
What a delightful surprise!.......2005-11-14
My daughter and I loved this book. It had everything that kept her turning the pages...a little romance, a mystery and a great friendship. The illustrations are wonderful and add to the fun of each chapter.
Not what I expected..................2005-10-30
Based on the item description, I thought this might REALLY be a great book. Of course, the title alone is intriguing and then the back cover sounded good. So, what the heck, I gave it a try.
In my honest opinion, this one needs a new title. "The Secret Apartment" makes it sound way too exciting for what actually happens in the book. While the characters are funny, I just didn't connect with any of them. Jillian whines too much about her old home and her new stepsister is so rude, she reminded me of Nellie Olsen off "Little House on the Prairie".
What the girls see from the penthouse apartment IS pretty interesting, but since they are kids, no one believes them. The thing that bothered me the most was that when people didn't listen, they decided to not say anything else, even though they knew they should tell someone -- anyone. This didn't happen only once in the book, it happened a few times, so that just didn't sit well with me. Then, of course, came the all-too-convenient-and-quick wrapup at the end. And you know from the beginning how this one will end...Jillian will like it in New York after all.
Not a lot of mystery here, but some cute friend scenes in the penthouse apartment, if you like that kind of thing.
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- Self Indulgent Navel Gazing by the Author
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The Secret City
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Vanishing Point: The Disappearance of Judge Crater, and the New York He Left Behind
ASIN: 0767906470
Release Date: 2004-07-13 |
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In the spirit of Joseph Mitchell and E. L. Doctorow, a haunting and genre-defying portrait gallery of once-eminent, now half-forgotten New Yorkers buried in the city’s largest cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a massive necropolis, four hundred immaculately and privately maintained acres in the north Bronx that serve as the final resting place for three hundred thousand New Yorkers. It is a place of startling serenity and architectural distinction as well as cultural and historical significance that nonetheless remains unknown to the majority of people who live in the city. Which is surprising when one learns that its (very) long-term inhabitants include Herman Melville, Duke Ellington, Robert Moses, Fiorello La Guardia, Miles Davis, and dozens of Gilded Age grandees—including Goulds and Astors—who were determined to spend eternity with opulence to match their residences while alive.
Writer Fred Goodman stumbled upon Woodlawn one day when he wandered off his bicycling path. The Secret City is the product of his frankly obsessive researches into the lives of many of the once famed, now forgotten men and women buried there. Featuring nine dramatic episodes, chronologically arranged, each story presents an exceptional individual caught up in a defining or historical moment of New York’s social, political, commercial, or artistic life. Readers meet phrenologist and publisher Orson Fowler, ASPCA founder Henry Bergh, Gilded Age railroad magnate Austin Corbin, political satirist Finley Peter Dunne, “Boy Mayor” John Purroy Mitchel, attorney Francis Garvan, sculptor Attilio Piccirilli, Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen, leftist East Harlem Congressman Vito Marcantonio, and pioneering aviatrix Ruth Nichols.
Framing and tying together these novelistic tales is the first-person narrative of the author’s discovery of Woodlawn and his research. The Secret City is, then, an act of resurrection—a way of putting flesh on the anonymous dead, and humanizing and demystifying a city whose fabulous history is, too often, interred with its inhabitants.
Customer Reviews:
Self Indulgent Navel Gazing by the Author.......2007-06-28
I can't believe how disappointed I was in this book.
Oddly enough, I thought the focus of the book was going to be about the cemetery - silly me! Frankly, I didn't care about the author and what his motives were (hence the title of my review) and skimmed everything after chapter three.
The quiet stories........2005-02-11
When you drive or walk by a cemetery you are used to hearing silence, this book loudly proclaims the interesting stories behind the walls. Fred Goodman encourages us to consider the past and it was an enjoyable trip. Thanks for the journey.
(If you're looking for pictures-there are plenty of sites online for that)
Randi Woods
Misleading and undependable.......2005-01-31
I wonder why this book was published, since it seems to have received little attention or care in the process. I seriously doubt that it was edited. proofread, or checked at any stage. First and most glaring, there's no index. While it's hardly a typical nonfiction book, surely there are enough proper names for an index that would interest the reader. Second, beginning on page 6, the book is riddled with typos. The worst (so far) is Olmstead for Olmsted, a frequent but inexcusable error. Then I learn at the end of chapter 1 that Woodlawn (which is not mentioned till page 20) has 400 acres and 300,000 graves, only to read it again in the first paragraph of chapter 2. One or the other? Similar lack of line editing is conspicuous from time to time. And it would appear that Fred Goodman, not Woodlawn Cemetery, is at the center of the book, making a more accurate title something along the lines of Fred Goodman Discovers Woodlawn.
I'm quite interested in New York history and Woodlawn Cemetery, but the book is a real disappointment.
There are NO PICTURES if that is your expectation!.......2005-01-21
If you purchase this book expecting pictures of the gravestones you'll be very disappointed. There are only about 6 black and white photos in the entire book, and they're not even that good. The reading is interesting, but keep in mind; NO PICTURES!
Guide to dem' who wuz famous.......2005-01-01
Compelling stories of several NYC movers and shakers, who ain't movin' or shakin' no more. Each chapter introduces a new individual (mayor, journalist, sculptor, railroad magnate, etc.) and opens up their world, their time, and shows how they made their mark.
This book is crammed with well-researched details and intriguing references. I loved learning of the connections to people who are still famous (Caruso, Whitman, Chester Allen Arthur, etc.) and listening like a fly on the wall to the imagined conversations.
Secret City is an enjoyable view into NYC history -- even the bibliography is fun!
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Secret New York: Exploring the City's Hidden Neighborhoods
Michelle Haimoff
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New York churns at a relentless pace. It is constantly being rebuilt, torn down, and rebuilt again to make way for the next era of commerce and culture. It is truly the sum of its neighborhoods, all of which offer a different perspective on the history and attitude of the city, each of which is best explored on foot.
Secret New York delves below the surface of this vibrant city into the areas that shape New York, with walking tours that consider both the prominent buildings of the skyline and the hidden gems beneath the grid. Navigating a city on foot is the most tangible way to discover its secrets, and as a pedestrian city, New York lends itself to exploration more than most. As one of the first major cities of the United States, New York offers a glimpse of the country's early history, and as one of its most international cities, New York combines the best of the world's art, food, and way of life.
Secret New York offers a fabulous introduction to New York and its outer boroughs, as well as a deeper look at the areas that fall below the radar of traditional guidebooks. Full-color photographs capture the treasures tucked behind every corner, while clear, easy-to-follow route maps highlight places of special interest. For travelers and residents who want to gain familiarity with the city and know more of its peculiar hidden life, this book offers a rare perspective of a remarkable place.
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