New York City (Lonely Planet City Guide) - Softcover

Ginger Adams Otis; Beth Greenfield; Regis St. Louis; Robert Reid

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9781741795912: New York City (Lonely Planet City Guide)

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ISBN 10: 1741795915 ISBN 13: 9781741795912

Publisher: GeoPlaneta, 2009

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Lonely Planet New York

Hunt down medieval armor and rare baseball cards in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub-crawl like a local: leave Manhattan and head to Brooklyn’s hippest bars
Breathe in the salt air on a boat cruise around NYC’s cinematic skyline
Get outta town! Day-trip to the posh Hamptons or the picturesque

In This Guide:

Three local authors, 240 hours of research, 63 slices of pizza and 315 miles of subway rides
Get the low-down on the High Line, Hudson River Park and other urban transformations
New color section gives you insider picks for NYC’s arts and cultural offerings
Content updated daily – visit lonelyplanet.com/new-york-city for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights

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Introducing New York City

Hop a New York City subway and take a look around. Notice the myriad shoes - smooth loafers, shiny thigh-high boots, ratty Nike high-top sneakers, corporate pumps? Now see the types - a dread-locked hipster plugged into his iPod, an unfazed commuter paging through the New York Times, a fed up young mom anxiously shushing her baby. Finally, look at the faces: Chinese, Jamaican, Indian, Irish, Dominican, Polish and Mexican visages, scattered about the car. Beneath all the jaded exteriors, you may or may not detect a sense of oneness, but it's there.

Lying dormant, but ready to awaken beneath every New Yorker's mask is a sense that we're in this together. We're all waiting for the next train rerouting or tap-dancing homeless man - even a random act of kindness. Oh, we don't acknowledge this, of course, as doing otherwise would lay us too bare. So it remains a muted, almost imperceptible subtlety and this collective unconscious proves that the city's most poignant overview exists several stories underground.

Not much else about New York City is subtle. Everything is audacious and wonderfully unrestrained, from the dense, bustling subway platform you step onto when you exit the car to the series of neighborhoods and subcultures you encounter up at street level. That in-your-face quality is a reflection of all the city's elements: vibrant architecture, snarling traffic, world-class culture, spirited politics, and a rich and radical history, infused with the tradition of immigration that endures today. It's this constant influx of newcomers that keeps the city fresh and bawdy - how else for a place to incorporate such an idefatigable stream of newness than to embrace it full on? New York is an expert in welcoming and accepting newcomers. And that, of course, is one of the best attributes for visitors.

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