New York City Icons 50 Classic Slices Of The Big Apple

by Scheff, Jonathan; Scheff, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780762747450
• ISBN10: 0762747455
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-03
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Full-colour photographs paired with evocative essays showcase the things for which New York City is best known and beloved: the bagel, the Brooklyn Bridge, Yankee Stadium, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Coney Island, the Staten Island Ferry, and dozens more. Beautifully produced and offered at an affordable price, every city lover will cherish New York City Icons.

Author Biography

Jonathan Scheff is a writer and photographer whose interests lie somewhere between memoir and anthropology. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. viii
Empire State Building	p. 2
Tiffany & Co.	p. 4
Statue of Liberty	p. 6
Brooklyn Bridge	p. 8
I love NY	p. 10
Central Park	p. 12
Times Square (New Year's Eve)	p. 14
Rockefeller Center	p. 16
Hudson River	p. 18
Metropolitan Museum of Art	p. 20
FAO Schwarz	p. 22
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel	p. 24
Yellow Taxi	p. 26
Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium	p. 28
Carnegie Hall	p. 30
Bagel/Bialy	p. 32
New York Newspapers	p. 34
Washington Square Park	p. 36
New York Public Library	p. 38
Bronx Zoo	p. 40
Museum of Modern Art	p. 42
Chrysler Building	p. 44
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	p. 46
Ethnic Cuisine	p. 48
Broadway	p. 50
Circle Line	p. 52
Grant's Tomb	p. 54
Ellis Island	p. 56
Grand Central	p. 58
Junior's Cheesecake	p. 60
Diamond District	p. 62
Lincoln Center	p. 64
Subway	p. 66
Ground Zero	p. 68
The Fire Department of New York (FDNY)	p. 70
The Big Apple	p. 72
Flatiron	p. 74
New York Botanical Garden	p. 76
Zabar's	p. 78
The Apollo Theater	p. 80
New York City Marathon	p. 82
Coney Island	p. 84
Staten Island Ferry	p. 86
Unisphere	p. 88
The New York Police Department (NYPD)	p. 90
The Dakota	p. 92
Hot Dogs	p. 94
Wall Street	p. 96
American Museum of Natural History	p. 98
New York City Skyline	p. 100
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