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12 GREAT WALKING TOURS THROUGH THE CITY'S MOST VIBRANT AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS
Follow Frommer's for an up-close, personal look at New York City. Discover its ethnic restaurants, literary bars, art galleries, and wildly diverse residents and architecture.
LET FROMMER'S TAKE YOU TO:
- The sights and sounds of Chinatown, with a stop for Manhattan's best dim sum.
- Chelsea's art scene and West Village literary haunts.
- The tony Upper East Side, lined with mansions constructed by New York's wealthiest, most influential families.
- The energy and history of revitalized Harlem.
- Lower Manhattanwhere the city's history began and newest development continues, at Ground Zero.
With easy-to-use directions and mapsand the best places to take a break along the way.
Great trips begin at frommers.com
Synopsis
12 GREAT WALKING TOURS THROUGH THE CITY'S MOST VIBRANT AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODSFollow Frommer's for an up-close, personal look at New York City. Discover its ethnic restaurants, literary bars, art galleries, and wildly diverse residents and architecture.
LET FROMMER'S TAKE YOU TO:
- The sights and sounds of Chinatown, with a stop for Manhattan's best dim sum.
- Chelsea's art scene and West Village literary haunts.
- The tony Upper East Side, lined with mansions constructed by New York's wealthiest, most influential families.
- The energy and history of revitalized Harlem.
- Lower Manhattan-where the city's history began and newest development continues, at Ground Zero.
With easy-to-use directions and maps-and the best places to take a break along the way.
Great trips begin at frommers.com
About the Author
Ethan Wolff is a native New Yorker (born and raised in Virginia, but that was a geographic anomaly). When not walking around Manhattan, Ethan enjoys being cheap and irreverent. His other Frommer’s guides are NYC Free & Dirt Cheap and the Irreverent Guide to Manhattan.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.
Introducing New York.
The Walking Tours.
1 Lower Manhattan/The Financial District.
2 Chinatown.
3 The Jewish Lower East Side.
4 SoHo.
5 Greenwich Village Literary Tour.
6 The East Village.
7 West Chelsea.
8 Midtown: The Concrete Jungle.
9 Central Park.
10 The Upper West Side.
11 The Upper East Side.
12 Morningside Heights & Harlem.
Essentials.
Index.