Research Catalog

Title

The ultimate book of New York lists : everything you need to know about the greatest city on Earth / Bert Randolph Sugar with C.N. Richardson ; foreword by Bill Gallo.

Author

Sugar, Bert Randolph.

Publication

New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2009.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Richardson, C. N.

Description

xi, 216 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

New York (N.Y.) > Miscellanea

Genre/Form

Trivia and miscellanea

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

History -- Population -- Languages -- Size -- The Boroughs, Borough neighborhoods -- Historic points of interest -- Buildings, bridges, tunnels -- Parks -- Monuments -- Museums -- New York Fire Department -- Favorite sayings -- What New Yorkers expect of tourists -- Political animals -- Watering holes, and all that jazz (nightclubs, rock venues, comedy, best bars & sports bars, strip clubs, cougar haunts -- Sports afield, on the court, ice, and track and in the ring -- Parades -- Coney Island -- Arts -- NY-born singers & musicians -- Tourism -- Hotels -- Tours & sightseeing -- Tourist attractions -- Shopping -- Crime & punishment (NY Police Dept, organized crime, gangs, notorious prostitutes, tragedies, police corruption -- Health & hospitals -- Dining -- Specialty foods -- Dessert -- Top vegetarian eateries -- Best after-hours dining -- Transportation (bus, subway) -- Climate plus day by day temperatures -- Advertising -- Banks -- Publications, magazines, books.

ISBN

• 9781602397743
• 1602397740

LCCN

^^2009039057

OCLC

• 320193995
• SCSB-12437348

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library