Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Because in a giant city, sometimes the smallest things get overlooked. Meet the 51 tiniest standouts in the Big Apple, from the little dinosaur to the smallest basketball court. In a city with some of the most expensive real estate in the world, New Yorkers are used to doing more with less space. It's not unusual for them to stuff shoes into ovens and fold beds into walls. But they don't just apply this ingenuity to their apartments. Big Apple business owners have been cramming wares into pint-sized spaces way before "Microapartments" and "Tiny Homes" were even a thing. While its subject matter may be small spots, the book offers an expansive view into human resourcefulness in one of the world's biggest cities. From gritty basements to posh brownstones, these micro places are permanent structures wedged in alleyways, sub-basements, and tiny triangles of land where third-generation New Yorkers to newly arrived immigrants are all making their big dreams come to life in little spaces. Tiny New York is a visual and tactile curiosity that is too irresistible not to pick up
Synopsis
Because in a giant city, sometimes the smallest things get overlooked. Meet the 51 tiniest standouts in the Big Apple, from a baby dinosaur at the Museum of Natural History to a dinky basketball court in the Village that has produced some of sport's biggest legends. Other tiny stars include the NYPD's smallest bomb-sniffing police dog (45 pounds), the shortest first name (just one letter ), and an itsy-bitsy topless bar (1200 square feet). Tiny New York peeks into the city's nooks and crannies to find the little things that tell the real New York story. Because in New York, Tiny isn't cute. It's tough. Tiny doesn't wait for handouts. It hustles. Tiny isn't insignificant. It's precise. Tiny isn't a jack-of-all-trades. It's the master of one. There are plenty of books about New York City. But there has never been a book about the smallest things in the biggest city.
Synopsis
Because in a giant city, sometimes the smallest things get overlooked. Tiny New York peeks into the city's nooks and crannies to find the little things that tell the real New York story. Because in New York, Tiny isn't cute. It's tough. Tiny doesn't wait for handouts. It hustles. Tiny isn't insignificant. It's precise. Tiny isn't a jack-of-all-trades. It's the master of one. There are plenty of books about New York City. But there has never been a book about the smallest things in the biggest city.