Here's the ideal travel companion to Gerard Wolfe's highly acclaimed "New York City: 15 Walking Tours - Explore the Architectural Majesty of the Metropolis, 3rd Edition", in a handy, portable, easy-to-use PDA format. "New York City: Architecture in the Palm of Your Hand" is great for tourists, architects, students, and historians. This "carry along" walking tour features: 15 walking tours of NYC's most important structures and neighborhoods; easy-to-use maps for each tour with major landmarks clearly indicated; interesting, little-known historical tidbits and anecdotal stories on significant buildings; information on the latest landmark designations; revised maps and changes in transit information to reflect the effects of 9/11. Walking Tours include: Battery Park; Manhattan's Financial District; City Hall; Greenwich Village; The Lafayette Historic Group; The Lower East Side; SoHo; Fashion Row; Old Chelsea; Brooklyn Heights; and, Forty-Second Street.
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Excerpts from: So Many Street Corners, So Many Stories By CHRIS HEDGES JUSTIN FERATE speaks of New York City with touching propriety. Give him a street and he begins to spin it out before your eyes, not only the architecture but also what we really want to know: the gossip, the stories, the lives of men and women who scandalized us or captured our imagination. ... Mr. Ferate, in a bow tie and light green houndstooth-check coat, is animated as he tells one of his favorites about the architect Stanford White. He begins by talking about the old Madison Square Garden, which White designed, and he quotes O. Henry as calling Madison Square "the flywheel of the universe." He continues by telling about Harry K. Thaw, who killed White on the roof of the old garden in a triangle that included the Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit. ... He landed in New York City 25 years ago. ...While wandering around Union Square one day, however, he walked into a bookstore and found New York: A Guide to the Metropolis," by Gerard Wolfe. Mr. Ferate said he devoured the book and called Mr. Wolfe to tell him how much he loved it. Mr. Wolfe invited him to come with him on a tour; Mr. Ferate never looked back. ... "The city is magical. It never runs out of stories." The New York Times 20030409
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 193 mm
Breite: 134 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-07-143050-0 (9780071430500)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Gerard R. Wolfe, is widely recognized as a leading authority on New York's history and architecture. He is the author of several books, lectures extensively, and has conducted walking tours of NYC for more than two decades.
Chapter 1: Lower Broadway, Battery Park City, and the Battery Chapter 2: Manhattan's Financial District Chapter 3: City Hall, Old "Newspaper Row," Foley Square, and "Five Points" Chapter 4: Greenwich Village Chapter 5: The Lafayette Historic Group Chapter 6: The Lower East Side Chapter 7: SoHo Cast-Iron District Chapter 8: Ladies' Mile and Fashion Row Chapter 9: Gramercy Park Chapter 10: Madison Square Chapter 11: Old Chelsea Chapter 12: Forty-Second Street Chapter 13: East River Panoramas with Roosevelt Island Chapter 14: West of Central Park Chapter 15: Brooklyn Heights and the Fulton Ferry District
