ULTIMATE BK NEW YORK LISTS PA

by SUGAR,BERT RANDOLPH

• ISBN13: 9781602397743
• ISBN10: 1602397740
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2009-11-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

Where can you find New York City's best hamburger? What are the ten best songs ever written about New York? The ten best books set in New York? Bert Randolph Sugar and some famous friends answer these burning questions, helping both New Yorkers and tourists learn what makes the greatest city on earth so great. With a foreword by legendary newspaperman Bill Gallo of the New York Daily News and lists from celebrity New Yorkers like Pete Hamill and Howard Stern, this is a book no lover of New York City should be without.

Author Biography

Bert Randolph Sugar and his trademark fedora have been New Yorkers for nearly fifty years, in which time he has established himself as one of the world's foremost sports historians. The former editor-in-chief of The Ring and Fight Game magazines and the author of more than 80 books, Sugar has also appeared in several feature films including Night and the City (with Robert DeNiro) and The Great White Hype (with Samuel L. Jackson). A 2005 inductee to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, he lives with his wife in Chappaqua, New York, a few blocks away from Bill and Hillary.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. x
New York, New York: So Good You Have to Say It Twice	p. 1
History	p. 1
Megalopolis	p. 1
Population	p. 2
Languages	p. 4
Size	p. 5
The Boroughs	p. 5
Borough Neighborhoods	p. 9
Historic Points of Interest	p. 12
Buildings, Bridges, & Tunnels	p. 14
Parks	p. 22
Monuments	p. 26
Museums	p. 28
New York Fire Department	p. 30
New Yorkers' Favorite Sayings	p. 32
What New Yorkers Expect of Tourists	p. 32
Political Animals	p. 33
Watering Holes-and All That Jazz	p. 35
Top New York Saloonkeepers of Yesteryear	p. 35
The Leading Nightclubs, 1933-'50s	p. 38
Today's Watering Holes	p. 38
Ballrooms of Yesteryear	p. 39
Ten Best New York Live Rock Venues-Present	p. 40
Top New York Rock Venues-Past	p. 40
Comedy	p. 40
Beer Gardens	p. 42
Ten Rules for Picking and Surviving in a New York Bar	p. 43
Best Bars in New York City	p. 43
Best Sports Bars	p. 43
Off Track Betting and Eating	p. 45
Off Track Betting Teleheaters	p. 45
Strip Clubs	p. 46
Cougar Haunts	p. 46
Graffiti First Seen on the Walls of P. J. Clarke's Men's Room	p. 47
Sports Afield-and on the Court, Ice, and Track and in the Ring	p. 48
Best New York Sports Nicknames	p. 48
Baseball	p. 48
New York Yankees	p. 49
New York Mets	p. 55
New York (Baseball) Giants	p. 57
Brooklyn Dodgers	p. 59
Football	p. 61
Basketball	p. 65
Holcombe Rucker Tournament	p. 67
Hockey	p. 67
Horse Racing	p. 69
Boxing	p. 70
Golf	p. 74
New York City Stadiums and Arenas	p. 74
New York Street Games	p. 75
We Love a Parade-and New York Is One, All Year-Round	p. 76
Parades	p. 76
R. H. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	p. 79
Coney Island	p. 80
That's Entertainment	p. 84
Movies	p. 84
Broadway	p. 98
Music	p. 105
Television	p. 110
New York City Radio Stations	p. 114
New York Born & Bred	p. 117
Arts	p. 117
New York-Born Singers & Musicians	p. 123
New York-Crossroads of the World	p. 128
Tourism	p. 128
Hotels	p. 130
Tours & Sightseeing	p. 131
Worthwhile Tourist Attractions	p. 131
Shopping	p. 137
Crime & Punishment	p. 138
New York Police Department	p. 138
Organized Crime	p. 140
The Gangs of New York	p. 148
Notorious Prostitutes	p. 156
Tragedies	p. 157
Police Corruption	p. 164
Health & Hospitals: Keeping Your Sunny Side Up	p. 165
Health	p. 165
Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple	p. 172
Dining	p. 172
Specialty Foods	p. 185
Dessert	p. 189
Other New York Delights	p. 190
Top Vegetarian Eateries	p. 191
Best After-Hours Dining	p. 191
I'll Take Manhattan and the Bronx and Staten Island too ... by Bus, Subway, or Any Way I Can	p. 193
Transportation	p. 193
13	p. 200
Climate	p. 200
Day-by-Day Temperatures for New York	p. 201
New York: Where Money Never Sleeps	p. 207
Advertising	p. 209
Banks	p. 211
What's Black & Blue And Read All Over? New York, of Course!	p. 212
Publications	p. 212
Magazines	p. 213
Books	p. 214
Acknowledgments	p. 217
Sources	p. 218
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