The information was fine, but everytime we wanted to find out about a museum or anything else we had to go through the whole section again because we could not figure out how the places were organized. Each region was separated but with no other organization. Varied headers were used without rhyme or reason and items were not in an order we could discover.

This is an outstanding book that offers a good time for kids and parents alike. It is full of informative ideas and gives all of the information necessary to make informed decisions on where to go with you little darlings.

I bought both this book and "Fun With the Family in Pennsylvania", and I liked this one more. I think "Fun with Family" book pays too much attention to historical places and facts. My girls (3 and 6) are not much interested in that stuff; we usually prefer outdoor attractions, nature wonders and factory tours to museums, historical places and houses. "Kids Love PA" book also has an online update and provides more URLs for places of interest. I can also recommend "Watch It Made in the U.S.A " as a good addendum.

The Big Apple definition in the book is wrong again. Other guide books have it right, but LET'S GO just doesn't care about accuracy.

I have been to NYC on two vacations. I bought this book before my second vacation and had a much better time thanks to Let's Go. I highly recommend this book! It has very useful and easy to read maps, great info on places to stay, eat, and what to do, plus great bits of history about each part of the city. I wouldn't go to NYC without it!

I recently relocated to New York City with only this book in hand. It has been invaluable in helping me find my way around as well as finding fun things to do.

After reading the author's reason for writing the book (see "Why I Wrote This Book"), I can more fully appreciate its contents. I think that says it all.

Dave Cutler's book is the best thing since sliced bread and is absolutley a global success. His intentions were on mark and everyone I know would agree, including Gates!

Let's face it. We don't write for the money. There is really only one real reason we do: To get laid.

I'm sure this was a good book when it was written back in 1996!!! 5 years later, this book is very outdated and very unhelpful.

i wish this book would have been in print when i moved to manhattan 3 years ago. the book is exceptionally well researched and very helpful. a must-have for anyone moving to the city.

I just moved to the city and this book was witty, insightful and held my hand through my crazy urban move. Ms. Walsh is my first friend in the city! I highly recommend this one, even for people who already live here especially if you're moving from one neighborhood to another. Many thanks for this great book!

I would not recommend this book for anyone who hasn't lived in New York. I live here and I expected a lot more than I got. After 9/11 I wanted to get more photographic representations of New York City. What I got were inferior photographs and an uninteresting lesson in architecture. Captions to the photographs gave explanations about the design of the building which was of little value. For example the name of the developer, architect, and designer. When multiple buildings were in the picture, as was often the case, the description of each building was hard to follow. There should have been a small schematic with numbers to allow easier interpretation.

Most importantly however, the pictures were nowhere near as good as I would have hoped. Many pictures were taken at dusk and sunset hours and they came out dark. The shadows, especially of pictures in lower Manhattan are long and dilute the quality of the pictures. Many shots of the World Trade Center and their neighboring Battery Park City and WFC are pretty poor. There is an overhead shot of the WTC that is taken at dusk and the smaller buildings are invisible. No pictures were taken at night, when the city has a new life. There were no pictures of Times Square, only one picture where Madison Squeare Garden is partly in the background, no pictures of South Street Seaport (which would come out well if taking a picture of Manhattan from Brooklyn), and many of the pictures were of obscure buildings that most people don't look at.

As a native New Yorker I can appreciate seeing some of the unique buildings and architecture, but as far as a book for sights and photographs there is much to be desired. It almost seems that the photographer just took some pictures and put them together, almost haphazardly. The book was definitely not worth what I paid for it. They could have done so much more with the concept of aerial photos, but I was left disappointed.

I bought this book because of my adoration for the City of New York, and the beautiful picture on the front. Those looking for an in-depth history of NYC or more of a "hands-on" book, should look elsewhere. This book provides what the title suggests. It is a brief introduction to the vast world that is New York City. The photography is beautiful, although sometimes blurry at edges. There are small paragraphs explaining what you are looking at. Most of the main attractions are covered (Empire State Building, Central Park, Harlem, Greenwich Village, etc), as well as some others that I didn't know about, but had my eyes opened to. I will definitely be more prepared and educated as I go to NYC next time. The only complaint is that most of the coverage is of Manhattan, and it's attractions and not so much of the other parts of New York, as the book suggests. This was fine by me, as I was mostly interested in Manhattan anyway, but could mislead others. I would highly recommend this book if you like the city of New York, or are planning a trip there. This could be a great supplement as it gives you a different view of the city, one that you can't get just by being there. A view from the air.

if you live in or if you love new york you must have this book that's enough

I purchased this book at the same time with Fodor's 2002 Guide to NYC. Fodor's had most, if not all, the stores listed with accompanying maps plus Fodor's did a better job with identifying the out-of-the-way bargain shops. Save your money and just buy one or the other.

I wish I would of had this book the first time I went to New York City! Not only will this book save you a lot of time from walking, but it also can help you plan where you need to spend your time. The stores are grouped by area, and this book will also tell you what else is nerby. I definitely would recommend this book to anyone visiting the city!

This book saves a ton of time and footache by narrowing down the shops to visit. I personally love all of City & Company's New York Guide books. Each personalized little volume contains more useful information for savvy travellers than Frommer's or Fodor's. They tell you only the best places to see and the best things to do, without wading through all the general tourist nonsense. The thing I loved most about this book is that it grouped shops by area and gave useful information such as what else is nearby. The store descriptions were very informative. I highly recommend this book, along with FYI Fashion Source, for anyone interested in shopping NYC to its fullest!

Now I know where all those places are that they talk about on NYPD Blue and Law and Order......

Really great sightseeing ideas and tips, but
unless you are a backpacker planning to stay at hostels and going only to the CHEAPEST restaurants, I'd try a different guidebook, or supplement with the recent ZAGAT's survey to get more mid-range restaurants and nightlife.

True to the "Let's Go" book series, this is another perfect travel partner for those college aged travelers. An extra feature this book has over many other NYC travel guides is a section for those intending to actually MOVE to the city, not just visit. Overall, the best guide I've found for the Big Apple.

As a map/guide from Harvard University's Let's Go staff, who are located across the Charles River from Boston, in Cambridge, MA, you'd think that turning out an accurate map and list of sites for their home city would be a piece of cake- however it's first edition was filled with innacuracies, including map errors- an eggregious sin for any travel guide. I have not seen this '98 reprint, I hope that it has been corrected!!! As someone who went to university in Boston and worked in a bookstore frequented by visitors, I was pleased to be able to recommend two map guides that are far superior to this- both by the Professor Pathfinder company. One covers the Harvard University and Environs, and the other covers the MIT campus and Back Bay area, the two hot spots for tourists in Boston. It is accurate and gives extremely detailed maps of neighborhoods, incl. shop names and similar information, which is a great navigational help.

I recently used this guide for a week trip to boston. I am relatively familiar with the city, but this guide made it much easier to navigate. the maps folded out to show Boston in an easy way to understand. The actual text was concise and accurate, as far as I could tell. It gave just the right information that I needed for my trip, such as places to eat, where to see movies, how to get to each place and phone numbers. I used it many many times a day and learned a lot more about the city than i would have, had i explored solely on my own. I highly recommend this guide to anyone who will ever spend time in Boston and hates the big books that give you too much information. The only thing lacking was a guide to art galleries.

This map is great if you are going to be using the T system to get around Boston

Of all the Lonely Planet guides I have used, I found this one most disappointing. The layout is indeed enticing, with excellent integration of text, pictures, maps, and amusing graphics. The critical flaw, however, is that it makes a lousy companion for when you are actually touring New York City.

The walking tours are inane collections of random descriptions--I was shocked to discover that my free AAA guide gave me a much better sense regarding the character, history, and culture of New York neighborhoods than Lonely Planet's glossy, but shallow, approach in this book. Many of the things I would have wished to learn about New York, such as its rich architural, historical, cultural heritage throughout its different neighborhoods, were not to be found. In general, great on fluff and presentation, but lacking in substance for one of the world's most substantial cities.

This is one of the more comprehensive travel guides to New York that I have found. It includes lots of vital information on transportation and clear, helpful maps, which I found invaluable on my trip to the city. There was also a great deal of information of interest to visitors from outside the US, which I found interesting.

The sections on the outer buroughs are a little brief, but most tourist visitors to the city are probably more interested in Manhattan anyhow. A great travel guide, but if you're a resident or planning on moving to New York, another book might be more helpful.

I bought this book before my arrival to New York. I have lived here for the last year. I used this book so many times to walk around, I double-checked lots of small details in this book without finding a single out of date information. I already feel like a New Yorker, and love this city! This book can equally help a weekend visitor, a short-time tourist or somebody who moves to New York for good.

I like Lonely Planet guides and find them very useful for other places. I also will concede that writing a guide of New England is really two books, a guide to Boston and a guide to everything else. I was psyched when I first got the book, but quickly became disappointed. I live in Boston and thought there were some big omissions locally. I found the guide to everything else to be lacking in major areas. I suppose if one is new to the area or only staying a week, this guide might be useful. For a reference for a New Englander, try something else.

Having never travelled the New England region before, Lonely Planet's guide to New England was invaluable. In terms of content and detail, it covered towns, sites and other regional attractions that other guide books missed altogether. My only criticism is that the guide is a couple of years old now and whilst most information relating to things like opening and closing times was still accurate, reported prices had of course risen!