Secret New York: An Unusual Guide ('Secret' guides)

Rives, T.M.

ISBN 10: 2361952378 / ISBN 13: 9782361952372

Published by Jonglez Publishing, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret New York: An Unusual Guide ('Secret' guides)
• Publisher: Jonglez Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2361952378
• ISBN 13: 9782361952372
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Winner of the 2019 NYC Big Book Award in the Travel Category!

Admire an apocalyptic pillar in a church, relax in secret gardens, discover the New York version of the Sagrada Familia, visit a secret metro tunnel, contemplate an elephant electrocuted, find bullet impacts outside the Bank JP Morgan, observe the stars with a university telescope, find a statue of Lenin, fly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn Monroe, explore a room filled with earth, discover a gigantic Venetian palace above an old stable, visit an island whose independence was proclaimed from a canoe in 2004, discover the "pig" of St. Patrick's Cathedral, play scrabble with the signs of Queens, find out where is the last tooth of Washington, find the house who hides a metro mouth, locate a plaque in memory of an event of another dimension, have your bike or elephant blessed , go get inspected any natural quirk at an annual professional identification session …

New York offers endless opportunity to step off the program and peer into the city's fascinating past and present. Secret New York - An Unusual Guide is an indispensible resource for those who thought they already knew everything about America's metropolis, or want to begin exploring it hidden places.

About the Author

T.M. Rives was born and educated in California. During studies in Los Angeles, he was struck by a need to widen his experience through travel; after completing studies in France, he spent the next twelve years in different countries in Europe, publishing translations and fiction. Eventually landing in New York City, where he has lived for the last ten years, T.M. Rives continues to write and photograph, as well as make documentary film on travel and the arts.