• The ultimate insider's guide to New York City • Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides • Part of the international 111 Places series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide • Appeals to both the local market (nearly 8.5 million call NYC home) and the tourist market (over 50 million people visit NYC every year) • Fully illustrated with 111 fullpage color photographs • New revised and updated editionNew York, New York a crazy quilt of evolving neighborhoods, trends, and tastes, and home to natives and newcomers of every nationality, ethnicity, and outlook. New York City's history and grand ambitions live in every street, park, and hidden alleyway. This unusual guidebook invites the adventurous and curious to explore a wildly diverse selection of littleknown places, including: a trapeze school, a giant Buddha in a former porno theater, a Coney Island sideshow, Louis Armstrong's home, a Central Park croquet court, a Gatsbyera speakeasy, and a secret balcony where slaves worshiped 200 years ago. Play chess with the masters on a Midtown officetower wall; have a pint at a legendary prizefighter's hangout in Soho; whisper messages across a crowded train station. Unexpected and quirky, most of these destinations are so undertheradar they will astound even longtime New Yorkers who thought they knew it all! Revised and updated edition.
• The ultimate insider's guide to New York City • Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides • Part of the international 111 Places series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide • Appeals to both the local market (nearly 8.5 million call NYC home) and the tourist market (over 50 million people visit NYC every year) • Fully illustrated with 111 fullpage color photographs • New revised and updated editionNew York, New York a crazy quilt of evolving neighborhoods, trends, and tastes, and home to natives and newcomers of every nationality, ethnicity, and outlook. New York City's history and grand ambitions live in every street, park, and hidden alleyway. This unusual guidebook invites the adventurous and curious to explore a wildly diverse selection of littleknown places, including: a trapeze school, a giant Buddha in a former porno theater, a Coney Island sideshow, Louis Armstrong's home, a Central Park croquet court, a Gatsbyera speakeasy, and a secret balcony where slaves worshiped 200 years ago. Play chess with the masters on a Midtown officetower wall; have a pint at a legendary prizefighter's hangout in Soho; whisper messages across a crowded train station. Unexpected and quirky, most of these destinations are so undertheradar they will astound even longtime New Yorkers who thought they knew it all! Revised and updated edition.
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