So many categories...fits all budgets. This is a keeper.
Comes with a pocket guide. This will save you all from the dreaded "Where do you want to eat tonite" conversations that seem to have no end. Merely present this book. It will also save you hours of wandering around and peeking in restaurant windows.

This is yet another excellent title in the New York Landmarks Conservancy's series of brief but comprehensive guides to some of New York City's most important historic districts.

Thanks to the generosity of the American Express Company, this beautifully produced volume is that rarest of commodities in today's book industry: a genuine bargain.

The entire text is printed on glossy stock, providing excellent definition for the book's many period photographs and line drawings.

Dolkart, the author of several other highly regarded New York City guidebooks, and Sorin have provided extremely insightful essays which trace, in brief, Harlem's evolution as a black metropolis. Their discussion of David King's Model Houses and Striver's Row is an exemplary integration of architectural, social, and cultural history in a nutshell.

The authors cast their net widely in only 138 pages, though perhaps not widely enough in a few cases. Thus, for instance, one can visit the home of Vertner Tandy, best remembered as the architect of Villa Lewaro, the Hudson River estate of Madame C. J. Walker. Yet, inexplicably, there is not a mention of her daughter A'lelia's mansion at 108-110 West 136th St., immortalized as the "Dark Tower" in some of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. Perhaps the twin brownstones no longer exist.

The numerous and well-chosen historic photographs of outstanding Harlem buildings and personalities are extremely enlightening. But they may leave some readers wishing for a few contemporary views short of actually visiting the sites in person.

These are minor criticisms, however, when set next to the considerable achievements of this handsome, elegant, and easy-to-use introduction to a neighborhood known to all Americans but quite likely visited by too few.

A must for the discriminating traveler. Belcove's insights and suggestions are witty, thoughful and demonstrate an unerring eye for the very best of Gotham. Chock full of the types detail that only come from years of experience, this book deserves a place among the best travel books every written about this great American city.

William H Rau (1855-1920), one of Philadelphia's preeminent photographers, was commissioned by the PRR in 1890 to photograph hundreds of scenes along its lines in order to promote travel by the general public. This book contains 87 of his 463 original images, which are owned by American Premerier Underwriters, Inc., sucessor firm to the Penn Central and PRR railroads, and on deposit with The Library Company of Philadelphia.
John R. Stilgoe, Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape at Harvard expresses in one of the book's three essays, "These photographs glisten with an energy born of opening, not the opening of pioneers opening the forest nor the opening of the first half-century of railroad technology, but the opening of wholly constructed, wholly controlled, scheduled and maintained, wholly artifical space."
Rau was a world class photographer and this is a fine selection of his PRR work. Therefore, it would be difficult to rate this book as anything other than first class.
These are excerpts from my complete review of this book, which will appear in a future edition of "The Keystone," the official quarterly publication of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society (PRRT&HS).

Alan B. Buchan
Member, Board of Directors - PRRT&HS

I have visited Washington, D.C. several times, by myself and with my family. This book has the best photographic coverage of Washington in one cover that I have seen. The captions for the photographs are accurate and helpful. If you go on the Washington by Dark bus tours, this book is better than the photos most of us take for the monuments. You can save your film for pictures of your friends or family at the sites during the day. Additionally, the preface history of Washington is interesting and concise. I heartily recommend this photo essay to any Washington, D.C. visitor.

Water's Way is a stunningly photographed, and exquisitely written glimpse of life in the Chesapeake region. The book celebrates beauty, both in the natural and human worlds. Author Tom Horton's essays are insightful, humorous, and well-crafted. His words flow like the many creeks and rivers that he describes on the Delmarva peninsula. Dave Harp's photography defines the people, animals, and landscape in such concert with Horton's words that the book should be considered the National Geographic of the Eastern Shore. This a worthy addition to anyone's coffee table.

Waterfalls Of The Adirondacks And Catskills is a stunningly beautiful collection of color photographs showcasing the sparkling waterfalls of the mountainous Adirondack and Catskill regions of New York. Photographers Derek Doeffinger and Keith Boas have collaborated to capture the intense appeal of these wild, often elusive, but always compellingly wonderful images. Waterfalls Of The Adirondacks And Catskills is highly recommended for anyone with an appreciation for the haunting beauty of wilderness waterways.

The text and photography show an accurate portrait of the men who fish the Chesapeake Bay. Their stories are moving, and realistic.

I wanted to find some close places to take my family. This book provides some great ideas about places in my home state I had never thought about. We have a trip to Coudersport planned. The book is well written and easy to use. I've given it to several friends who also enjoyed using it.