- Cards: 50 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books; Crds edition (Mar 15 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811838447
- ISBN-13: 978-0811838443
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 10.4 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #287,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Product Details |
Product Description
Product Description
Bustling and vibrant, New York City invites on-foot exploration. The cards in this deck guide you through 50 walking adventures, offering detailed maps and insider information. From Nolita's quaint boutiques and the chic galleries of Chelsea to Central Park and the vaulted ceilings of Grand Central Station, you'll discover the locals' favourite places to eat, drink, rest, walk, and play-in addition to tidbits of the history of Manhattan and the boroughs. Pick any card and hit the sidewalks of New York! Includes 50 detailed colour maps.
About the Author
A City Walks Deck from Chronicle.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
This beautiful walk between the glistening Hudson and the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan doubles as a perambulatory history lesson. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
This beautiful walk between the glistening Hudson and the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan doubles as a perambulatory history lesson. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3.3 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love the idea - Wish there was more detail, Jan 23 2005
By Dom Miliano - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: City Walks: New York Deck: 50 Adventures on Foot Travel Deck (Cards)
What a great idea. 50 adventures that you can stick in your pocket and enjoy without looking like you are a tourist. I pulled out a few cards written about parts of the City I know and love to see if the author knows her stuff. Take card 15 - the Ms. Fay touches the high spots: Abingdon Square, Ottomanelli's, Zito's, Murry's Cheese, Rocco's Pastry and more. Walk these streets led by her map and prose and you'll have a wonderful visit. Flipping through the cards, I think every significant neighborhood has been captured. I know in warmer weather, I'll use a couple of her cards to explore Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens - boroughs that are a lot more of a mystery to me than Manhattan. Naturally, with a map on one side of a 4X5 card, there isn't much room left for text. Having said that, I wish we had more detail about each area - a small complaint. Maybe in V.2.0 some folded cards?I collect anything NYC oriented and I am happy to add this pack of cards to my library but I wondered what the market is for these cards. My guess is that locals will use them to learn about streets outside their sphere. Out of towners will be able to stick one or two in a pocket and stroll through one of the most fascinating cities in the world. If you are a NYC fan, you need to get your copy of City Walks New York.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
fun but not comprehensive, Jun 1 2007
By audrey - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: City Walks: New York Deck: 50 Adventures on Foot Travel Deck (Cards)
Our family recently returned from a visit to Manhattan. We used 5 or 6 texts as well as this boxed set of walking tours. The set consists of 50 3-3/4 by 5-1/2 inch heavy stock cards and a folding master card that shows all the walks in the context of a five bouroughs map.There are 5 walks in Central Park, 8 Midtown, 3 north of the park and 19 south of the Flatiron Building. Two walks cover The Bronx, two are in Queens, 5 in Brooklyn. Each walk card shows a map on one side, of about a square mile, complete with Metro stops and a trail marked out; on the other side the text (which is smallish, but I'm glad for that because there's such a wealth of information one could fit on each card!) that points out historic buildings and architectural features and tells a few stories about the character of the area as well as its characters.
It was very convenient to grab a few cards as we went out the door. Also, after we got back and looked at pictures, it was easy to find that tour and get some information about it.
The only complaint is predictable. Each walking tour could handle a booklet, so a few hundred words is, of course, inadequate. There is no information about restaurants; again, that's understandable, but maybe more information could be included on the maps?
I would buy them again.
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Should have been titled City Walks: Manhatten, May 6 2005
By Wings42 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: City Walks: New York Deck: 50 Adventures on Foot Travel Deck (Cards)
We've spent a lot of time in NYC, and I can attest from experience that each walk is well worth taking. The format is easy to use, with a master card showing the location of all the walks, and clear directions in the cards.Each card has red circled numbers and letters on the maps, and NO explanation of what the numbers and letters signify. Are they bus and subway numbers? Are they points of interest? I'll figure it out when I'm there next week, but it would be nice to know ahead of time.
The boroughs are an important omission. We've been to Manhatten three times, and intend to concentrate on Brooklyn (the 4th most populous city in America, if it was a city unto itself) this trip. Many of the 50 Manhatten walks could be consolidated, to allow 10 walks for Brooklyn, and 5 each for Queens and the Bronx. Brooklyn has Prospect Park and Park Slope, Coney Island, and so much more I'm unfamiliar with.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > Reference > Atlases & Maps
- Books > Reference > Atlases & Maps
- Books > Travel > Atlases & Maps
- Books > Travel > Reference & Tips
- Books > Travel > United States > Regions > Northeast
- Books > Travel > United States > States > New York
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
