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… the New York history neophyte we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of New York history … in an historicalcultural context … Adrienne Onofri author of Walking Brooklyn and Walking Queens   … Its the … graceful style concision and period attitude … Dan Wakin author of The Man with the SawedOff Leg and Other Tales of a …

… summer New York City and beyond that are less than idyllic You may want to look elsewhere for a light and breezy beach … with her snippy emotionally remote older sister Martine who lives in New York City There Martine discloses to her a … even this turns out to be fairly mild compared to what adults get up to in books like  The Hunger Games  This …

… But few of us take this beloved pastime as seriously as author Bill Helmreich who has walked every single block in … … Neighborhood Intel … books … Think you know Brooklyn This author has walked every single block in the borough …

…   … Live … Neighborhood Intel … books … Due Diligence … Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts renting out to …

… her first Brooklyn guidebook came out Ellen Freudenheim author of The Brooklyn Experience whose fourth edition was … doing it now Id probably live in Astoria We spoke to the author about Brooklyn then and now the changes to its …

… the Corcoran website looking for apartments she could buy if she gets a movie deal out of her book which includes … this your dream neighborhood or is there someplace else in NYC youd prefer to settle in … Its kind of become my dream … in … Screaming murder neighbors  … 8 Do you prefer old NYC or this NYC … I never lived in the old NYC I really like …

… popular website Apartment Therapy and more recently the author of  Apartment Therapy Complete + Happy Home its safe … other small space mantras from NYCs design bloggers The author of St Marks is Dead on the $200 apartment she grew up …