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Forgotten New York: Views of a Lost Metropolis

by Kevin Walsh

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< blockquote> < p> < i> Forgotten New York< /i> is your passport to more than 300 years of history, architecture, and memories hidden in plain sight. < /p> < /blockquote> < p> Houses dating to the first Dutch settlers on Staten Island; yellow brick roads in Brooklyn; clocks embedded in the sidewalk in Manhattan; bishop's crook lampposts in Queens; and a white elephant in the Bronx& #8212; this is New York and this is your guide to seeing it all. < i> Forgotten New York< /i> covers all five boroughs with easy-to-use maps and suggested routes to hundreds of out-of-the way places, antiquated monuments, streets to nowhere, and buildings from a time lost. < /p> < p> < i> Forgotten New York< /i> features: < /p> < ul> < li> Quiet Places< /li> < li> Truly Forgotten< /li> < li> History Happened Here< /li> < li> What Is This Thing?< /li> < li> Forgotten People< /li> < li> And so much more< /li> < /ul>

Synopsis:

Forgotten New York is your passport to more than 300 years of history, architecture, and memories hidden in plain sight.

Houses dating to the first Dutch settlers on Staten Island; yellow brick roads in Brooklyn; clocks embedded in the sidewalk in Manhattan; bishop's crook lampposts in Queens; and a white elephant in the Bronx—this is New York and this is your guide to seeing it all. Forgotten New York covers all five boroughs with easy-to-use maps and suggested routes to hundreds of out-of-the way places, antiquated monuments, streets to nowhere, and buildings from a time lost.

Forgotten New York features:

  • Quiet Places
  • Truly Forgotten
  • History Happened Here
  • What Is This Thing?
  • Forgotten People
  • And so much more

Synopsis:

Featuring walking tours and hundreds of maps and photos, this book is an urban explorer's guide to the oddities and artifacts of all of New York City's boroughs.

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About the Author

n-ny.com, provides a window into a world that few even know exists. He hosts sold out Forgotten-NY Tours throughout the boroughs and is a much sought-after expert on little-known facts about New York City. He grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, watching the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge being built and presently lives in Flushing, Queens.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060754006
Author:
Walsh, Kevin
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Author:
by Kevin Walsh
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (General)
Subject:
Historic sites
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic
Subject:
History : General
Subject:
United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
Subject:
New york (n.y.)
Subject:
Historic buildings -- New York (State)
Subject:
World History-General
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Publication Date:
20060931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
9.90x6.60x.89 in. 1.63 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by ,

Forgotten New York is your passport to more than 300 years of history, architecture, and memories hidden in plain sight.

Houses dating to the first Dutch settlers on Staten Island; yellow brick roads in Brooklyn; clocks embedded in the sidewalk in Manhattan; bishop's crook lampposts in Queens; and a white elephant in the Bronx—this is New York and this is your guide to seeing it all. Forgotten New York covers all five boroughs with easy-to-use maps and suggested routes to hundreds of out-of-the way places, antiquated monuments, streets to nowhere, and buildings from a time lost.

Forgotten New York features:

  • Quiet Places
  • Truly Forgotten
  • History Happened Here
  • What Is This Thing?
  • Forgotten People
  • And so much more
"Synopsis" by , Featuring walking tours and hundreds of maps and photos, this book is an urban explorer's guide to the oddities and artifacts of all of New York City's boroughs.

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