TABLE OF CONTENTS
- New York City 1
- Chapter One: Introduction 1
- A Brief History of New York City 2
- Chapter Two: Hotels and Accommodations 9
- 1. Midtown Manhattan 11
- 2. Upper East Side and Upper West Side 13
- 3. SoHo 14
- 4. Chelsea 16
- 5. Lower Manhattan 17
- 6. Flatiron District 19
- 7. Lower East Side 20
- 8. Greenwich Village 22
- 9. Brooklyn 23
- 10. Queens 24
- Chapter Three: Shop and Dine in New York City 27
- 1. Rockefeller Center 28
- 2. Fifth Avenue 30
- 3. South Street Seaport 32
- 4. Nolita and Little Italy 34
- 5. Macy’s Herald Square 36
- 6. Madison Avenue 38
- 7. Bedford Avenue Williamsburg 40
- 8. Chelsea Market 41
- 9. Orchard Street Shopping District, Lower East Side 42
- 10. Brooklyn Flea 44
- Chapter Four: A Feast For The Eyes 47
- 1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 48
- 2. The Met Cloisters 50
- 3. American Museum of Natural History 52
- 4. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum 53
- 5. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 55
- 6. Frick Collection 57
- 7. The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum 59
- 8. Museum of the City of New York 61
- 9. Morgan Library & Museum 62
- 10. Museum at Eldridge Street 64
- Chapter Five: Seeing the Past in New York City’s Present 67
- 1. Statue of Liberty 68
- 2. Castle Clinton 71
- 3. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace 73
- 4. African Burial Ground 75
- 5. Green-Wood Cemetery and Battle Hill 77
- 6. Grand Central Terminal 80
- 7. Ellis Island Immigration Museum 82
- 8. Brooklyn Bridge 85
- 9. The New York Public Library 87
- 10. St Patrick’s Cathedral 89
- Chapter Six: Out And About In New York City 93
- 1. Times Square 94
- 2. Central Park 97
- 3. Empire State Building 100
- 4. Washington Square Park 103
- 5. Chrysler Building 105
- 6. Wall Street 107
- 7. The High Line 110
- 8. Bryant Park 112
- 9. Staten Island Ferry 114
- 10. Brooklyn Botanic Garden 115
- Chapter Seven: Interacting With New York 117
- 1. Film Forum 117
- 2. Chinatown 119
- 3. Coney Island 121
- 4. Yankee Stadium 123
- 5. Bronx Zoo 125
- 6. Madison Square Garden 127
- 7. Barclays Center 128
- 8. Astoria 130
- 9. Madame Tussauds 132
- 10. New York City Pizza 134
- Chapter Eight: The New York City Night Scene 137
- 1. The Bowery Ballroom 138
- 2. Broadway Theatre 140
- 3. Apollo Theater 142
- 4. Radio City Music Hall 144
- 5. Nitehawk Cinema 147
- 6. Brooklyn Bowl 149
- 7. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 151
- 8. Carnegie Hall 153
- 9. Tour New York City by Night 154
- 10. NYC bar scene 156
- Chapter Nine: Off New York City’s Beaten Path 159
- 1. Doyers Street and the Bloody Angle 160
- 2. Berlin Wall segments 163
- 3. Renwick Smallpox Hospital 164
- 4. IRT Lexington Avenue Line – City Hall 166
- 5. Blockhouse Number One 168
- 6. The Irish Hunger Memorial 170
- 7. Staten Island Boat Graveyard 171
- 8. Atlantic Avenue Subway Tunnel 173
- 9. Hell Gate Bridge 175
- 10. Trinity Church Cemetery 177
- Chapter Ten: Conclusion 179
- New York City Quick Travel Guide 185
- 1. New York City Quick Facts 185
- 2. Transportation 186
- Getting Around Within New York City 187
- Index 189
- Photo References 195
- References 207
