Take a journey through Manhattan neighborhoods with this colorful collection of New York City photography and postcards that tell the story of the city that never sleeps.
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Learn about the history that shaped the Big Apple before the 21st century, and the wealth of trivia that built the 'city that never sleeps.'
Did you know that Wall Street was once a stockade that marked the end of the city's limits?
That under the Knickerbocker Hotel, a private railroad was built for John Jacob Astor and his guests?
That the FDR drive was built on landfill shipped from London after WWII?
Take a walk down memory lane with 192 pages chock full of color photography, antique postcards, and maps, sure to dazzle new and native New Yorkers alike.
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Beautiful
his book has so much information about New York City's neighborhoods; beautifully put together with old postcards and pictures of how each area changed by the 20th Century. I'm a native New Yorker and learned a lot I didn't know. Just a great book !!!
immerse your self into NYC
he book is connected to a New York City that is quite different from the city of today and its photographs, both revealing and ironic, bring those times to life. From pictures of its humble beginnings as a Dutch outpost in the New World to those depicting the hustle and bustle of the big city it evolved into, Diana Krause Oliver’s book of pictures and prose not only immerses you into the evolving maelstrom of this wonderful city but invites you to feel and experience its journey of growth.
A unique view of New York City
Wow! what an interesting read. As a native New Yorker for my first twenty-five years I thought I knew just about all there was to know about the city; not true. I couldn't put this book down. It would be especially appealing to tourists since it doesn't have the dry information of the usual tourist guide. I really love the author's subway mosaics renderings and wonder if they're for sale anywhere.
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