- Paperback: 476 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 3 edition (Mar 25 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071411852
- ISBN-13: 978-0071411851
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.3 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #97 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Historic Preservation
- #98 in Books > Professional & Technical > Architecture > Historic Preservation
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Covering every area of Manhattan--from Battery Park to Central Park, from Washington Square to Times Square--the fascinating architectural history of New York is illuminated in this comprehensive walking-tour guidebook. Essential reading for both native New Yorkers and tourists alike, New York: A Guide to the Metropolis unveils the boundless diversity of Gotham's architectural wonders. The book is chock-full of facts and detailed descriptions, and illustrated with nearly 300 vintage photographs and engravings that bring old New York back to life. Examples of surviving 17th-century Dutch Colonial architecture, historic neighborhoods, and buildings displaying virtually every architectural style known in the United States are highlighted. Twenty walking tours, ranging from two to five hours in length, explore the most fascinating landmarks, structures, and important sites in the city, all of which are clearly marked on easy-to-follow street maps.
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In this carefully updated third edition -- the book has been in print since 1975 -- historian Gerard R. Wolfe gives itineraries for exploring Manhattan, Roosevelt Island and Brooklyn Heights, carefully noting the landmark status of structures en route. (District Lines )
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST FOR LICENSED NYC TOUR GUIDES,
By Ghoulchick "Old-school horror film fiend" (Bronx, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: New York: 15 Walking Tours: An Architectural Guide to the Metropolis (Paperback)
I learned more about Manhattan's Lower East Side in this book, than any other in my collection. As a licensed, NYC tour guide, this is now the first book I go to, the ultimate reference. 15 neighborhoods are highlighted with solid information on the architecture of hundreds of buildings as well as nuggets of fascinating stories. Read about how one now defunt NYC Dept. store shipped an albino elephant to one skeptical customer. All true! Anyone studying for the NYC sightseing exam needs to have this book in their collection.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sloppy,
By William E. Wander (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: New York: 15 Walking Tours: An Architectural Guide to the Metropolis (Paperback)
There is only one word to describe this book: Sloppy. So sloppy that you have to ask yourself if the author has ever taken his own tour. I don't know if the blame falls to the author, or publisher McGraw Hill, for failing to edit this book. I pulled a page (142) from a neighborhood I happen to know something about and found these errors on a single page: # 21 "The former Metropolitan Savings Bank", opened in 1867 not 1868. He uses the apprehensive phrase "attributed to Carl Pfeiffer." A newspaper article about the grand opening day of this building as a bank reports it as May 21, 1867, and declares that the builder is Carl Pfeiffer. Then he repeats an urban myth from a discredited revisionist "historian" that McSorley's Old Ale House did not open in 1854, but in 1862. He goes on to describe the items "on the grimy sheet-tin walls." The bar has no tinned walls. (With the exception of the lavatories) Step inside if you are going to describe the inside! Save your money. McGraw Hill did when it came to hiring an editor to check his facts. Buy the AIA guide and make your own tour. Although the old photos are pretty good, they are not quite enough to be the saving grace here. Wolfe gets the addresses right, but if this one page is any indication., no one checked his historical facts, and that makes me even more surprised by the American Heritage review of this work.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite guide to NYC!,
By Tony the Tour Guy (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: New York: A Guide to the Metropolis (Paperback)
This is the best guide of its kind which I have seen. Wolfe is thorough, engaging, sometimes funny and a joy to read. As a tour guide I have read many books on NYC, and this is one of my favorites. Unlike many other authors, he pays more than lip-service to the outer boroughs, and also offers a good guide to Roosevelt Island. Let's see an updated edition!!!
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