I live just a few blocks from Central Park, but reading through this book, I realize how many things there are that I've never seen or appreciated! It's a great introduction to the history of the park and the things beyond the grass and trees that there are to explore. It joins my Zagat guide in my purse as things I don't leave home without on the weekends.

.. this book is for you.

This book is not only informative but its presentation is a delight. John Coburn has a deft artistic hand in his wonderful ink sketches. The book gives "insider" information about these hotels; such as how the rooms are decorated, services near the hotels, prices and a little history. I wish Allen Sperry would collaborate with John Coburn again and do the same type book for many popular cities around the world. London would be my next choice! This is a clear winner.

The New York/Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Book Of Lists by Bonnie Lee Appleton (Professor of Horticulture, Virginia Tech) and gardening journalist and writer Lois Trigg Chaplin contains more than two hundred lists to help regional gardeners select the very best plants for their particular interests. Ranging from plants that attract butterflies, to shrubs that offer fall color to hardy annuals for early spring bloom, The New York/Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Book Of Lists is also laced throughout with practical and insightful tips for gardeners. The New York/Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Book of Lists is a first-rate, "user friendly", highly recommended guide for tailoring a garden to suit the needs and interests of gardeners in New York and the other mid-Atlantic states.

It's a beatiful book, I rated five star but I felt as if I read the first half...Hopefully I'll see the "New York II" shortly on the shelf somewhere..

I recently moved to New York, and this book was recommended to me by a friend who is on the curatorial staff at a NYC museum. I assumed that it would be for art-experts only. But, in fact, I've brought it with me each time I've driven throughout this state, and have found the book to be very enjoyable and filled with interesting stories. A real gem!

Niagara Falls, New York is an exceptional place - not only blessed with one of the seven wonders of the natural world, but also with a rich and very colorful history dating back to the 1500s when the French explorers first arrived and much, much further where the Native American tribes are concerned. Daniel M. Dumych has brilliantly captured the late Victorian Era when the Falls were exploited for their money-making potential and raw power. He reverently shows how the first power project (Schoellkopf Station) was built and eventually destroyed by the collapse of the wall of the Niagara Gorge; the bustle and entertainment of Falls Street during the first half of the 20th Century; the awe as the current Niagara Power Project was constructed. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book for anyone who has grown up in Niagara Falls as I have, or for anyone who has ever visited the majesty of the cataract. Or for anyone who just loves history.

This book is wonderful. Every New Yorker and person visiting NY should own one. It gives so many of the beaten path places to visit. From parks to stores to English Tea Houses Mary Pratt has found the true guide to New York.

This is the best book on/about NYC, for Virgos anyway. If you can appreciate a step by step approach to getting to know NYC then this is the book for you. It goes through all the neighborhoods, shows you buildings, historical sites, shopping, trains, restaurants, quirks, whatever! I've lived in the NYC region all my life and discovered things about NYC I never knew existed!

If you love New York, love the theater and love exploring new restaurants, this guidebook is for you.

Organized by neighborhood, the guide provides listings of restaurants in all price ranges. The author uses a chatty writing style in describing each restaurant. She has a talent for making a place come alive with just a few sentences. Each listing contains examples of items on the menu with prices.

In the introduction, Ms. Watson states the listings are recommendations not reviews. I have come to rely on those recommendations and have never been disapointed.

By far the best of the New York dining guides.

Our Town: Images and Stories from the Museum of the City of New York presents--in the highest quality four-color and duotone reproductions--an amazing range of New York City images, from urban scene paintings, to the renowned Stettheimer Dollhouse, to the phenomenal 20th c. photography of such artists as Berenice Abbott and Edward Steichen. The essays capture glimpses of the City and its history from the widest range of noted authors--Robert A.M. Stern, Oscar Hijuelos, Hilton Als, Louis Auchincloss, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, etc. Don't miss it!