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"For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees!?) was surreal. But she recognized that for her kids, the reverse was true. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange world of Manhattan: its gum-wad-dotted sidewalks, honey-combed streets, and 'those West Side Story-things' (fire escapes). Their wonder inspired 'Going into Town,' part playful guide, part New York stories, and part love letter to...
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Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Follow 19 fantastic themed trails to reveal New York city's best kept secrets. Find out what's lurking in the pumpkin garden, why you might find cows underground, how eating hot dogs could make you rich, and lots more!
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W.W. Norton & Company
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English
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"In the early seventeenth century, in a backwater Dutch colony, there was a wide, muddy cow path that the settlers called the Brede Wegh. As the street grew longer, houses and taverns began to spring up alongside it. What was once New Amsterdam became New York, and farmlands gradually gave way to department stores, theaters, hotels, and, finally, the perpetual traffic of the twentieth century's Great White Way. From Bowling Green all the way up to...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2021-
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English
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From the best brunch spots and dive bars to the ultimate thrift stores and off-Broadway shows, this New York guidebook will help you find all the local's favorite hangout spots and hidden haunts. Canoe along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, browse long-standing record stores in the East Village, and while away an evening at an Upper East Side wine bar. This one-of-a-kind travel guide to New York includes: narrative style throughout, making the local, personal...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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This guidebook to the Big Apple goes beyond the traditional tour, offering visitors a fascinating exploration of the city's rich history. New York is a city of superlatives. It has the largest population, greatest wealth, broadest diversity, and most elegant museums in the nation. With that comes an amazing history that you can experience firsthand with this unique guide. George Washington took his first oath of office on the steps of Federal Hall....
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American Palate, a division of the History Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Cuisine brought to New York by Jewish immigrants more than a century ago has become some of the most iconic foods associated with the Big Apple. No trip to the five boroughs is complete without a hand-sliced pastrami sandwich at a classic delicatessen or a bagel and lox with a schmear of cream cheese from an artisanal bagel maker. Discover untold stories such as why Eleanor Roosevelt was intrigued by the knish and how Jewish mobsters plotted in the...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A cultural, architectural, and historical guide to twenty walks around and through New York, led by the NYT chief architecture critic during the height of COVID-19. As New York came to a standstill in March of 2020, Michael Kimmelman composed an email to a group of architects, historians, writers, engineers, and city planners, and invited them to take him on a walk. As the chief architecture critic for the New York Times, he was no stranger to the...
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