Introduction.
1 Historic Lower Manhattan.
2 In the Shadow of the Towers.
3 The Jewish Lower East Side.
4 East Meets West.
5 Little Italy and NoLita.
6 SoHo and TriBeCa.
7 NoHo and the Notorious Bowery.
8 Gilded Age Greenwich Village.
9 Off the Grid in the West Village.
10 From Prussians to Punks.
11 Secrets of Gramercy Park.
12 Chelsea Transformations.
13 From Flatiron to Empire State.
14 Across 42nd Street.
15 Modern Midtown.
16 The Silk Stocking District.
17 The Architecture of Museum Mile.
18 Landscape Versus Playground.
19 From the Castle to the Woods.
20 New York's Last Frontier.
21 Artists' Upper West Side.
22 Morningside Heights.
23 Harlem and Hamilton Heights.
24 America's First Suburb.
Index.
Acknowledgements.
