New York City - The Secret Atlas

T M Rives, Hannah Frishberg

ISBN 10: 2361958171 / ISBN 13: 9782361958176

Published by Jonglez, FR, 2025

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New York City - a secret atlas is a glorious celebration of all that is unusual and undiscovered in this magnificent city.Welcome to this richly detailed and beautifully illustrated compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre places to be discovered in New York; a treasure trove for those who love to dig beneath the surface and explore the secret and unusual locations.Guaranteed to delight and inspire, here you can:Admire an apocalyptic pillar at the entrance to a churchRelax in secret gardens gardensFind the bullet holes outside the J.P. Morgan bankObserve the stars through a university telescopeFind a statue of Lenin LeninFly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn MonroeExplore an earth-filled roomDiscover a gigantic Venetian palace above an ancient stableVisit an island whose independence was proclaimed from a canoe in 2004Locate the "pig" in St. Patrick's CathedralDiscover where Washington's last tooth is keptNew York City is full of iconic sites. But if you're more interested in the unusual and unfamiliar, turn to the Secret Atlas of New York to uncover your new favourite location through this sumptuously illustrated guide. An ideal gift for the New York afficionado in your life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New York City - The Secret Atlas
• Publisher: Jonglez, FR
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2361958171
• ISBN 13: 9782361958176
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Admire an apocalyptic pillar at the entrance to a church, relax in secret gardens gardens, find the bullet holes outside the J.P. Morgan bank, observe the stars through a university telescope, find a statue of Lenin Lenin, fly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn Monroe, explore an earth-filled room, discover a gigantic Venetian palace above an ancient stable, visit an island whose independence was proclaimed from a canoe in 2004, locate the “pig” in St. Patrick's Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral, discover where Washington's last tooth is kept, have your bike blessed...

About the Author

T.M. Rives is also the author of Secret New York curious activities. Hannah Frishberg is a Features Writer at The New York Post where her work has garnered an international readership and served as the basis for Discovery+'s 2022 docuseries "Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed." Her words and photos have also appeared in The New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, BuzzFeed News, CityLab, Gothamist, Narratively, Urban Omnibus, The Huffington Post and Rizzoli's "Brooklyn Photographs Now." A fourth generation Brooklynite, Hannah got her start in journalism back in high school, producing photo essays for Atlas Obscura.