National Geographic Traveler: New York
by Durham, Michael S.Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-10-20
Publisher(s): National Geographic
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Summary
National Geographic Traveler: New York, 3rd Editionshowcases the Big Apple in all its varied vibrancy, from the Guggenheim Museum and the splashy new Time-Warner Center uptown to trendy, iron-wrought SoHo downtown, from fashionable Brooklyn Heights to Washington Square Park and the Museum of Modern Art. Every corner of this fascinating metropolis is here, including the East Village, Chelsea, the Upper West Side, revitalized Harlem, the winding paths of Central Park, and the outlying boroughs.
Table of Contents
| Traveling with eyes open | p. 6 |
| Charting Your Trip | p. 8 |
| History & Culture | p. 13 |
| New York Today | p. 14 |
| History of New York | p. 20 |
| The Arts | p. 30 |
| Feature: Entrances | p. 44 |
| Lower Manhattan | p. 47 |
| Lower Manhattan | p. 48 |
| A Walk Up Broadway | p. 60 |
| The Neighborhoods | p. 66 |
| Walk: Cast Iron in SoHo | p. 72 |
| The Villages | p. 75 |
| Feature: A Banner Year for the Arts | p. 80 |
| Walk: Greenwich Village | p. 82 |
| Midtown South | p. 87 |
| Walk: Down Ladies' Mile | p. 94 |
| Midtown North | p. 103 |
| Feature: The Great White Way | p. 114 |
| Skyscrapers Walking Tour | p. 118 |
| Upper East Side | p. 131 |
| Feature: Silk Stocking District | p. 162 |
| Central Park | p. 167 |
| Upper West Side | p. 173 |
| Walk from Park to Park | p. 180 |
| The Heights & Harlem | p. 189 |
| The Heights | p. 192 |
| Harlem | p. 198 |
| Feature: Harlem Renaissance | p. 200 |
| The Outer Boroughs | p. 203 |
| In & Around Brooklyn | p. 206 |
| Brooklyn Heights Walk | p. 208 |
| In & Around Staten Island | p. 215 |
| In & Around the Bronx | p. 219 |
| In & Around Queens | p. 223 |
| Excursions | p. 227 |
| Hudson River Valley | p. 230 |
| Long Island | p. 233 |
| Travelwise | p. 235 |
| Hotels & Restaurants | p. 238 |
| Shopping | p. 257 |
| Entertainment & Activities | p. 262 |
| Index | p. 266 |
| Credits | p. 271 |
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