Only in New York: 400 Remarkable Answers to Intriguing, Provocative Questions About New York City FROM THE PUBLISHER
400 Questions and Answers to the Big Apple's oddest mysteries: from the pages of the New York Times
New York has long held a place as the nation's most admired and reviled city, provoking more debate, affection, and curiosity than any other. Generations of visitors and residents alike have pondered the city's enduring quirks and unusual traditions. In the F.Y.I. column in The New York Times, the paper's reporters and editors turn their talents to answering readers' most perplexing queries about the city, some of which include:
* City with a Past: Where was the World Trade Center originally going to be located? Where was the last opium den in New York?
* Underground, Underfoot: Is there a secret tunnel linking Police Headquarters to a nearby tavern? What was the busiest day in subway history?
* The Name Game: Is there really a Main Street in Manhattan? What was the Street of Brides?
* And lots more!
Amply illustrated with Stuart Goldenberg's whimsical cartoons, and with an introduction from Constance Rosenblum, editor of the Times's City section, Only in New York is sure to generate laughter, delight, and "Aha!" reactions in anyone who has ever been stumped by one of Gotham's countless oddities.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Written by the staff of the weekly FYI column of the New York Times, this work offers answers to a collection of quirky questions about the city's many oddities. An update to the original 1999 compilation, The Curious New Yorker, which featured 329 questions (compared with this edition's 400), the book is as irreverent and informative as one might expect. People have small questions ("Is the Grand Concourse the Widest Residential Street in New York City?"), and the staff at the NYT provides the kind of pithy and readable answers befitting a newspaper column. Still, while the questions are often interesting and the answers informative, the level of detailed research sometimes seems out of proportion to the minutiae of the subject matter does anyone really care what happened to the sheep that once frolicked in Sheep Meadow in Central Park? which might have limited appeal to those with little interest in New York City. Recommended for public libraries in the New York area or those with large travel sections. Travis McDade, Ohio State Univ. Law Lib., Columbus Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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