New York City (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

NEW YORK CITY

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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

NEW YORK

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

NEW YORK MAIN CONTRIBUTOR: ELEANOR BERMAN

CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 PROJECT EDITOR R Fay Franklin ART EDITOR R Tony Foo EDITORS Donna Dailey, Ellen Dupont, Esther Labi DESIGNERS Steve Bere, Louise Parsons, Mark Stevens EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Fiona Morgan CONTRIBUTORS

Lester Brooks, Patricia Brooks, Susan Farewell, Cheryl Farr Leas PHOTOGRAPHERS

Max Alexander, Dave King, Michael Moran ILLUSTRATORS

Richard Draper, Robbie Polley, Hamish Simpson US EDITOR

Mary Sutherland This book was produced with the assistance of Websters International Publishers. Reproduced by Colourscan (Singapore) Printed and bound by South China Printing Co. Ltd, China.

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First American Edition, 1993 07 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

INTRODUCING NEW YORK

Published in the United States by DK Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014

FOUR GREAT DAYS IN NEW YORK 10

Reprinted with revisions 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Copyright © 1993, 2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. ALL RIGHTS RESERV R ED UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND PAN P -AMERICAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL V SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICHAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.

Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION RECORD IS AV AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

ISSN: 1542-1554 ISBN: 978-0-75661-533-8 Front cover main image: Brooklyn Bridge and downtown skyline

PUTTING NEW YORK ON THE MAP 12 THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK K 16 NEW YORK AT A GLANCE 34 NEW YORK THROUGH THE YEAR 50 THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE 54

The information in this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked annually.

Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements, and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Great Britain. South Manhattan skyline Towering skyscrapers in central New York

NEW YORK AREA BY AREA

SHOPPING 318

LOWER MANHATTAN 64

ENTERTAINMENT IN NEW YORK 340

SEAPORT AND THE CIVIC CENTER 80

CHILDREN’S NEW YORK 364

LOWER EAST SIDE 92

The New York City Ballet

SOHO AND TRIBECA 102

UPPER WEST SIDE 210 MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS AND HARLEM 220 FARTHER AFIELD 232 SEVEN GUIDED WALKS 256

Bagel from a New York deli

Vesuvio Bakery, SoHo

SURVIVAL GUIDE

GREENWICH VILLAGE 108

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 368

EAST VILLAGE 116

GETTING TO NEW YORK 378

GRAMERCY AND THE FLATIRON DISTRICT 122 CHELSEA AND THE GARMENT DISTRICT 130 THEATER DISTRICT 140

Riverfront promenade in Brooklyn

TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS WHERE TO STAY 276 RESTAURANTS AND BARS 292

GETTING AROUND NEW YORK 384 NEW YORK STREET FINDER 394 GENERAL INDEX 426 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 446

Trump Tower, Upper Midtown

LOWER MIDTOWN 150 UPPER MIDTOWN 166 UPPER EAST SIDE 182 CENTRAL PARK 204 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side

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sights with maps, photographs and detailed illustrations. In addition, seven planned walks take you step-by-step through special areas. Well-researched tips on where to stay, eat, shop, and on sports and entertainment are in section three, Travelers’ Needs. Children’s New Yorkk lists highlights for young visitors, and section four, Survival Guide, shows you how to do everything from mailing a letter to using the subway.

his Eyewitness Travel Guide helps you get the most from your stay in New York with the minimum of practical difficulty. The opening section, Introducing New York, locates the city geographically, sets modern New York in its historical context and describes the highlights of the year. New York at a Glancee is an overview of the city’s attractions. Section two, New York Area by Area, guides you through the city’s sightseeing areas. It describes all the main NEW YORK AREA BY AREA Manhattan has been divided into 15 sightseeing areas, each described separately. Each area opens with a portrait, summing up the area’s character and history and listing all the sights to be covered. Sights are numbered and clearly located on an Area Map. After this comes a largescale Street-by-Street Map focusing on the most interesting part of the area. Finding your way around each area is made simple by the numbering system. This refers to the order in which sights are described on the pages that follow.

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These are given two or more full pages in the sightseeing area in which they are found. Important buildings are dissected to reveal their interiors; museums have color-coded floor plans to help you find particular exhibits.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Each entry provides all the information needed to plan a visit to the sight. The key to the symbols is inside the back cover. Map reference to Street

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