books

… the New York history neophyte we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of New York history … most recently revised in 2010 showed up on three different experts lists Its organized by borough then by neighborhoods … in an historicalcultural context … Adrienne Onofri author of Walking Brooklyn and Walking Queens   … Its the …

… womanizes heavily but his most crippling addiction is to money The book isnt a morality play thoughits hard not to … the summer of 1981 to take the helm of a film called  Good Money One of the stars is named Lorne Guyland We follow Self … to their summer home in Sag Harbor one of those Hamptons towns that moneyed New Yorkers flee to the moment the city …

… gently In many neighborhoods you have to be a literal millionaire to purchase a starter twobedroom  But we recently got a dose of historical perspective courtesy of Stephen Birminghams book  … between gilded age oil baron and Lower East side tenement dweller It would seem that the widening wealth gap in NYC …