Hidden New York : a guide to places that matter / Marci Reaven and Steve Zeitlin ; photographs by Martha Cooper and other great photographers of New York City's splendid places ; research and interviews by Elena Martínez ; contributors Caitlin Van Dusen [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-367) and index.

Urban Gatherings -- Hua Mei Bird Garden -- Russian and Turkish Tenth Street Baths -- Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden -- The Magic Table at the Edison Hotel -- The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen -- Webster Hall -- The Cube -- City Play -- Stickball Boulevard and the Stadiums of the Street -- Thomas Jefferson Park Pool -- Empire Roller Skating Center -- Chess Havens -- Coney Island -- Urban Palate -- The Lemon Ice King of Corona -- Coney Island Bialys and Bagels -- Sahadis Specialty and Middle Eastern Foods -- Arthur Avenue Market -- Union Square Greenmarket -- Art and Music, City Style -- The Village Vanguard -- Casa Amadeo Record Shop -- Richmond Barth's Frieze at Kingsborough Houses -- Metropolitan Meanderings -- Quirky Features of the Landscape -- Art in the Subways -- Governors Island -- Urban Nature -- Community Greening -- La Casita Rincón Criollo, Magnolia Tree Earth Center, Liz Christy Bowery-Houston Community Garden -- The Flower District -- Fishing around New York -- City Spirits -- Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum -- Masjid At-Taqwa -- Ganesha Hindu Temple -- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto -- Urban Remembrance -- The Memorials of the Battery -- Strawberry Fields.

This book is an invitation to visit, revisit, learn, and enjoy all that you didn't know the city has to offer, not just in Manhattan, but in all five boroughs of New York City. Hidden New York is illustrated with appealing photos and enriched by first-person remembrances and commentaries from New Yorkers themselves. This distinctive book presents over sixty locations and shows that some of the best places to visit are ones that you never even thought existed.

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