The New York Nobody Knows : Walking 6,000 Miles in the City / William B. Helmreich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmreich, William B., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--New York (State)--New York.

Community life.

Neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York.

Neighborhoods.

New York (N.Y.)--Civilization--21st century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--21st century.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line, ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood. Decades later, his love for exploring the city is as strong as ever.Putting his feet to the test, he decided that the only way to truly understand New York was to walk virtually every block of all five boroughs-an astonishing 6,000 miles. His journey took him to every corner of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Helmreich spoke with hundreds of New Yorkers from every part of the globe and all walks of life. He finds that to be a New Yorker is to struggle to understand the place and to make a life that is as highly local as it is dynamically cosmopolitan.Truly unforgettable, The New York Nobody Knows will forever change how you view the world's greatest city.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Selling Hot Dogs, Planting Flowers, and Living the Dream: The Newcomers

3. Diners, Love, Exorcisms, and the Yankees: New York's Communities

4. Dancing the Bachata, Playing Bocci, and the Chinese Scholars' Garden: Enjoying the City

5. Tar Beaches, Sidewalk Carvings, Irish Freedom Fighters, and Superman: Spaces in the Big Apple

6. From Washington Heights to Hudson Heights, from Soho to Soha: Gentrification

7. Assimilation, Identity, or Something Else: The Future of Ethnic New York

8. Conclusions

Notes

Neighborhood Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-436) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

9780691169705

0691169705

9781400848317

1400848318

OCLC:

858652883