The 25 best books about New York City history

… were published recently and others are decades old Then there are some picks that are best described as …  by Andrew Dolkart … When writing or learning about row houses this is one of the books I consult It tells the story … New York personalities Great fun … Justin Ferate … 15  Cheap Amusements Working Women and Leisure in Turn of the …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 14, 2018 - 9:00AM
Serious beach reads: 5 New York-centric books to pack on your next vacation

… perspectives on the city  ONeill was born in Ireland and lived a peripatetic childhood eventually settling in the … a Lower East Side apartment with a tub in the kitchen but what she lacks in fancy digs she makes up for in New York … strivingand often failingto leave their Tremont neighborhood behind Readers baffled by what they perceive as …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM