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New York’s Unique & Unexpected Places is written for adventurers and dreamers who want to explore the city’s uncommon, but fascinating, less familiar sites. This beguiling book will delight urban enthusiasts, New Yorkers, and the countless tourists determined to discover—and sometimes rediscover—these fifty memorable destinations. Visit a cutting-edge center for architecture, a Dutch farmhouse surprisingly perched on Broadway, the sublime chapel designed by Louise Nevelson, idiosyncratic museums dedicated to finance and firefighting and subway cars, the historic home of Louis Armstrong, and a spectacular garden overlooking the Hudson.
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Overview

New York’s Unique & Unexpected Places is written for adventurers and dreamers who want to explore the city’s uncommon, but fascinating, less familiar sites. This beguiling book will delight urban enthusiasts, New Yorkers, and the countless tourists determined to discover—and sometimes rediscover—these fifty memorable destinations. Visit a cutting-edge center for architecture, a Dutch farmhouse surprisingly perched on Broadway, the sublime chapel designed by Louise Nevelson, idiosyncratic museums dedicated to finance and firefighting and subway cars, the historic home of Louis Armstrong, and a spectacular garden overlooking the Hudson.

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Joshua Hammer
The Stonehills' delightful book is a guide to lesser-known but worthwhile museums, markets, shops, gardens and even a wilderness refuge. Among the highlights: the Map Room at the New York Public Library…and the garden at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, a hidden oasis of crab apple trees, roses and magnolias.
—The New York Times
Library Journal
Too many guides to New York City sites never take readers off the usual Manhattan pathways. These two books are different. They'll inspire and enable travelers—not only those from out of town but also dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers—to discover authentic treasures that give the city its vibrancy and depth. In Fertitta and Aresu's book, these treasures are 22 neighborhoods, arranged by borough, from Brooklyn's Little Beirut in Bay Ridge to Staten Island's Little Sri Lanka. Each neighborhood gets six or more pages, a combination of introductory narrative, vivid color photos, a basic local street map, and clearly formatted lists under the headings Eat, Shop, Nightlife/Bar (or sometimes Snack), and Visit. For example, for Little Ireland in the Bronx, the authors recommend three restaurants, three bars, four food or gift shops, and a park, museum, and church. For convenient consistency, each neighborhood's "Miles from Grand Central" and directions to it from Grand Central, usually by subway, are included. There's an MTA subway map in the back, along with a bus map only for Manhattan.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780789320117
  • Publisher: Rizzoli
  • Publication date: 10/6/2009
  • Pages: 192
  • Sales rank: 264,946
  • Product dimensions: 6.80 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Judith Stonehill is the author of Greenwich Village: A Guide to America's Legendary Left Bank and co-author of Brooklyn: A Journey Through the City of Dreams. She was a partner at New York Bound Bookshop.

Alexandra Stonehill is a professional photographer whose work has been printed in publications in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.

Ethan Hawke is an internationally acclaimed actor, writer, and director.

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  • Posted September 14, 2010

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    Having been to the city many many times and purchased several books of this type, I thought this one couldn't possibly provide THAT much additional insight. WRONG! This is an absolute JEWEL of a book that gives you access to just what the title suggests - NYC's most UNIQUE and unexpected places (I won't list any of them so I can keep them as private as I can!). These are the places that aren't filled with tourists, and often times aren't even that familiar to locals (shops, museums, etc). Gotta love that. The book is well written with just enough detail to let you know the ins-n-outs of the place at hand, but without going overboard or leaving too much out, and websites are provided for all places that have them so that you can do additional research if you wish. MARVELOUS book and well worth the purchase price.

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