Gadling.com, February 2007
Book Description
• SURVEY THE CITY - six local authors show what's on in NYC, from majestic Fifth Ave and revitalized Harlem to the laid-back East Village and trendy Meatpacking District
• SAMPLE ITS TASTES - thorough coverage of the city's world-class dining scene, from gooey thin-crust pizza slices to the best seven courses of your life
• SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP - extensive listings for hip urban fashions, shoes and couture, local art and antiques, vintage records and miles of used books
• GO ALL NIGHT - dive into hot nightclubs, cool lounges, raucous cabaret and an always-full calendar of live jazz, blues, hip hop and indie rock
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Excerpted from Lonely Planet New York City (Lonely Planet New York City) by Beth Greenfield, Robert Reid. Copyright © 2004. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Hop a New York City subway and take a look around. Notice the myriad shoes - smooth loafers, shiny thigh-high boots, ratty Nike high-top sneakers, corporate pumps? Now see the types - a dread-locked hipster plugged into his iPod, an unfazed commuter paging through the New York Times, a fed up young mom anxiously shushing her baby. Finally, look at the faces: Chinese, Jamaican, Indian, Irish, Dominican, Polish and Mexican visages, scattered about the car. Beneath all the jaded exteriors, you may or may not detect a sense of oneness, but it's there.
Lying dormant, but ready to awaken beneath every New Yorker's mask is a sense that we're in this together. We're all waiting for the next train rerouting or tap-dancing homeless man - even a random act of kindness. Oh, we don't acknowledge this, of course, as doing otherwise would lay us too bare. So it remains a muted, almost imperceptible subtlety and this collective unconscious proves that the city's most poignant overview exists several stories underground.
Not much else about New York City is subtle. Everything is audacious and wonderfully unrestrained, from the dense, bustling subway platform you step onto when you exit the car to the series of neighborhoods and subcultures you encounter up at street level. That in-your-face quality is a reflection of all the city's elements: vibrant architecture, snarling traffic, world-class culture, spirited politics, and a rich and radical history, infused with the tradition of immigration that endures today. It's this constant influx of newcomers that keeps the city fresh and bawdy - how else for a place to incorporate such an idefatigable stream of newness than to embrace it full on? New York is an expert in welcoming and accepting newcomers. And that, of course, is one of the best attributes for visitors.
