The 25 best books about New York City history

… Institute of Architects Guide to New York City  by Norval White Elliot Willensky and Fran Leadon … The fifth and … buffs this would be the book I would assign … Michael Miscione Manhattan borough historian … 8  The Row House Reborn … … Justin Davidson … 14  City on Two Rivers  by Stephen Longstreet … Written in 1975 this is New York City at breakneck …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 14, 2018 - 9:00AM
Summer reading: 5 books that take place in steamy NYC (and one of its suburbs)

… during a date with a man named Marco  Upon her return home Esther plummets into a depression that makes her feel … Benji and his family have decamped to their summer home in Sag Harbor one of those Hamptons towns that moneyed … 5 books that take place in steamy NYC and one of its suburbs

By Alanna Schubach |June 15, 2017 - 12:30PM
Serious beach reads: 5 New York-centric books to pack on your next vacation

… Gatsbys goal of reinvention of the selfa motivation that predates Gatsby and still fuels so many of the citys new … its easy to understand his draw The other protagonist Coco dates one of Jessicas brothers himself an aspiring gangster …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… in the mid1980s For many years she and her husband rented out apartments within the house to generate … become harder for artists to afford to live here If cheap rents are the mouse artists are the cats running after them … looking to live in a highrise in Brooklyn I want to say Why do you want to live in a highrise in Brooklyn I …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM