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Title: Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York
Author: Justin Davidson
ISBN: 9780553394702
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Travelogues 1559245
Publisher Description:
From New York magazine's architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City--a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution of the city For nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Justin Davidson has explained the ever-changing city of New York to his readers at New York magazine, introducing new buildings, interviewing architects, tracking the way the transforming urban landscape shapes who New Yorkers are. Now, his extensive, inspiring knowledge will be available to a wide audience. An insider's guide to the architecture and planning of New York that includes maps, photographs, and original insights from the men and women who built the city and lived in it--its designers, visionaries, artists, writers--Magnetic City offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York. Includes walking tours throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx
- the Financial District
- the World Trade Center
- the Seaport and the Brooklyn waterfront
- Chelsea and the High Line
- 42nd Street
- the Upper West Side
- the South Bronx and Sugar Hill Praise for Magnetic City "An intimate, seductive guidebook."--The New York Times "An enthralling new book makes clear that I'm not alone in my home-town infatuation . . . lends nuance, texture and historical perspective to my impression that New York City has never been so appealing or life-affirming as it is today."--New York Post "[Davidson] combines a keen intelligence, experience, observational skills, expertise (especially but not solely architectural), and an elegant writing style to make this beautifully produced book indispensable."--Booklist (starred review) "A street-level celebration of New York City in
Author: Justin Davidson
ISBN: 9780553394702
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Travelogues 1559245
Publisher Description:
From New York magazine's architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City--a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution of the city For nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Justin Davidson has explained the ever-changing city of New York to his readers at New York magazine, introducing new buildings, interviewing architects, tracking the way the transforming urban landscape shapes who New Yorkers are. Now, his extensive, inspiring knowledge will be available to a wide audience. An insider's guide to the architecture and planning of New York that includes maps, photographs, and original insights from the men and women who built the city and lived in it--its designers, visionaries, artists, writers--Magnetic City offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York. Includes walking tours throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx
- the Financial District
- the World Trade Center
- the Seaport and the Brooklyn waterfront
- Chelsea and the High Line
- 42nd Street
- the Upper West Side
- the South Bronx and Sugar Hill Praise for Magnetic City "An intimate, seductive guidebook."--The New York Times "An enthralling new book makes clear that I'm not alone in my home-town infatuation . . . lends nuance, texture and historical perspective to my impression that New York City has never been so appealing or life-affirming as it is today."--New York Post "[Davidson] combines a keen intelligence, experience, observational skills, expertise (especially but not solely architectural), and an elegant writing style to make this beautifully produced book indispensable."--Booklist (starred review) "A street-level celebration of New York City in
