Books : Blue Guide New York, Fourth Edition (Blue Guide New York)
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by: Carol Wright
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781905131235
ISBN: 1905131232
Label: Blue Guides
Manufacturer: Blue Guides
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: August 25, 2008
Publisher: Blue Guides
Sales Rank: 19020
Studio: Blue Guides
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Product Description:
The 'impressive and indispensable' (New York Times) guide to one of the world's greatest cities.
Blue Guide New York provides fascinating background history and expert descriptions of the neighborhoods, parks, museums, and landmarks that define the Big Apple. Now featuring the four-color Blue Guide design, with maps and diagrams throughout, this guide offers a remarkable 400-page tour of the city and includes 'Blue Guides Recommended' dining and accommodation suggestions. Color photographs, maps, floor plans, and diagrams throughout.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - This city guide is a treasure.
Carol von Pressentin Wright's BLUE GUIDE NEW YORK is a brilliant guide to the city and stands alone for historical perspective, cultural depth, and effective prose. Though I've lived in New York City for 12 years, this book serves as a constant companion, and I grab it nearly any time I walk out the door--every outing can now yield new layers of understanding of this, my adopted town. In the midst of a busy day, I might pass through, say, Union Square and take a moment to read the appropriate entry. ... Read More
Rating: - Timeless
All right, the most recent edition of the Blue Guide added CBGB's, an East Village rock, punk club that has now gone out of business. A few other establishments in the various editions of this fantastic guide are undoubtedly also no longer with us.
Having said that, even the oldest first and second editions (the latter, from 1991) are still incredibly useful, even timeless. For even they have listings of the most important sights in each of the city's five boroughs, a bevy of maps, lists ... Read More
Rating: - Not a review but an informative note
Although Amazon lists only one author, the current edition of this book was actually revised and heavily rewritten by Stuart Miller and Sharon Seitz as a glance inside the book itself will reveal.
Co-authors of "The Other Islands of New York City" and individually authors of "Big Apple Safari for Families" (Seitz) and "Where Have All Our Giants Gone" (Miller), we streamlined many of the routes and shifted the emphasis of the book to add more on the boroughs outside of Manhattan and to add ... Read More
Rating: - Simply Indispensable!
Carol von Pressentin Wright's "Blue Guide to New York" is probably the most comprehensive guidebook to the Big Apple available. Absolutely indispensable, it includes 41 detailed maps for all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, along with several black and white photographs. As a New Yorker, I cannot think of anything that has not been included here. I frequently use the book myself, especially when I have out-of-town visitors. It is also excellent, for New Yorkers ... Read More
Rating: - Still the best
Because I note that the existing reviews on this site refer to the previous edition, this New Yorker recommends the Blue Guide as the only NY guidebook you will need. I refer to mine again and again.
One caveat: the subway lines are now happily back to normal, again running to South Ferry, and the map included in this book, which went to press shortly after the World Trade Center disaster, is out of date. Updated maps are posted in every subway station and train, are available free at every subway ... Read More
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