Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City
Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City
- ISBN13: 9781416589976
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How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called “Death Avenue”? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York’s fascinating past. This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking tour know-how. Fast-paced but thorough, its bite-size chapters each focus on an event, person, or place of historical significance. Rich in anecdotes and illustrations, it whisks readers from colonial New Amsterdam through Manhattan’s past, right up to post-9/11 New York. The book also works as a historical walking-tour guide, with 14 self-guide
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GREAT opportunity to learn about NYC!,
I live in NYC and admit that I am daily taking all of the great sites around me for granted. I saw the positive NY Post review about the book and decided to buy it. It was well worth every penny. This book is broken down into concise, well-written and clever chapters (182 of them! Great info!) that do a phenomenal job of introducing the reader to little-known facts about a huge variety of areas in the city. I’ve learned more things about the city in reading the book than I have in the 6 years I’ve lived here!!
I fully admit that I am not even “into” history and found this book fascinating. AND they include 14 walking tours at the end of the book…. my husband and I went on one this weekend as a “date” and had a wonderful (COST-FREE) day. I can’t wait until the spring when we can go on all of the tours!
I’m going to buy this for all of my NYC friends and will hand it over to any out-of-towners visiting me looking for fun things to do in the city. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who lives in or will visit NYC (or anyone just interested in learning more about the city).
Can’t wait to see what these authors have lined up next.
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|Terrific new source on NYC history,
As a historian, I’m truly impressed with the way this book succeeds in presenting a wealth of in-depth, thoroughly researched information about New York City history in a highly readable, sometimes downright humorous, manner.
On one hand, Inside the Apple traces a chronological history of the city from its Native American settlements to the present, divided into thematic chapters such as The Early City (1600s), The Growth of the Immigrant City (mid-1800s) and Boom and Bust (1920s). By focusing on a number of well-chosen places, people and events in each period, the authors bring their stories to life. For instance, the section on The Great Port (1805-1835) includes detailed discussions of: DeWitt Clinton’s role in implementing Manhattan’s street grid; the consruction of the city’s first tenement building; and the hugely destructive but little remembered Great Fire of 1835.
Complementing the chronological history, the book also contains a collection of self-guided walking tours. Fourteen easy-to-follow tours, accompanied by maps, appear at the end of the book and continually refer readers back to the historical discussions. So, when you come upon a statue commemorating the Great Fire while walking through Central Park, you’re directed to the earlier chapter on the fire.
I recommend this book for visitors to NYC, for history buffs, and also for life-long New Yorkers who are sure to uncover layers of the past hiding in plain sight just beyond their doorsteps.
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|Loved this book!,
I really loved this book. Both the historical account of the city and the walking tours work amazingly well as if separate books, and the way they integrate into one another so seamlessly makes this a truly unique resource. I disagree with Publisher’s Weekly where they said that “Inside the Apple” was not for cover to cover reading. In fact, I read it cover to cover and found it both fascinating and easy to read. You don’t need to be out there using it as a tour book–it makes an excellent history of the city for anyone interested in New York.
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