The Manhattan Nobody Knows : : An Urban Walking Guide / / William B. Helmreich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Helmreich, William B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 25 b/w illus.

A unique walking guide to Manhattan, from the author of The New York Nobody KnowsBill Helmreich walked every block of New York City--six-thousand miles in all-to write the award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Now he has re-walked most of Manhattan-721 miles-to write this new, one-of-a-kind walking guide to the heart of one of the world's greatest cities. Drawing on hundreds of conversations he had with residents during his block-by-block journey, The Manhattan Nobody Knows captures the unique magic and excitement of the island and highlights hundreds of facts, places, and points of interest that you won't find in any other guide.The guide covers every one of Manhattan's thirty-one distinct neighborhoods, from Marble Hill to the Financial District, providing a colorful portrait of each area's most interesting, unusual, and unfamiliar people, places, and things. Along the way you'll be introduced to an elderly Inwood man who lives in a cave; a Greenwich Village townhouse where Weathermen terrorists set up a bomb factory; a Harlem apartment building whose residents included W.E.B. DuBois and Thurgood Marshall; a tiny community garden attached to the Lincoln Tunnel; a Washington Heights pizza joint that sells some of the biggest slices in town; the story behind the "Birdman" of Washington Square Park; and much, much more. An unforgettably vivid chronicle of today's Manhattan, the book can also be enjoyed without ever leaving home-but it's almost guaranteed to inspire you to get out and explore this fascinating metropolis.Covers every one of Manhattan's neighborhoods, providing a colorful portrait of their most interesting, unusual, and unfamiliar people, places, and thingsEach neighborhood section features a brief overview and history; a detailed, user-friendly map keyed to the text; and a lively guided walking tourDraws on the author's 721-mile walk through every Manhattan neighborhoodIncludes insights from conversations with hundreds of residents

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Marble Hill -- Inwood -- Washington Heights -- Hamilton Heights -- Manhattanville -- Morningside Heights -- Central Harlem -- East Harlem -- Upper West Side -- Upper East Side -- Central Park -- Roosevelt Island -- Clinton (Hell's Kitchen) -- Chelsea -- Central Midtown -- Midtown East -- West Village -- Greenwich Village -- East Village -- Lower East Side -- Soho -- Hudson Square -- Tribeca -- Battery Park City -- Civic Center -- South Street Seaport -- Financial District -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index