Fodor's Exploring New York City, 4th Edition (Exploring Guides) [Paperback]

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Series: Exploring Guides | Publication Date: March 14, 2000

Fodor's Exploring NYCPraise for Fodor's Exploring Guides

"Authoritatively written and superbly presented...Worthy reading before, during, or after a trip." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"Absolutely gorgeous. Fun, colorful, and sophisticated."  --  Chicago Tribune

Fodor's Exploring Guides are the most up-to-date, full-color guidebooks available. Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos, essays on culture and history, descriptions of sights, and practical information.  Full-color photos make these great guides to buy if you're still planning your itinerary (let the photos help you choose!), and they are perfect companions to general guidebooks, like Fodor's Gold Guides.

What to SeeExtraordinary coverage of history and culture
Itineraries, walks and excursions, on and off the beaten path
Architecture and art
Where to Stay
Quick tips in every price range
Where to Eat
Savvy picks for all budgets
The Basics
Getting there and getting around
When to go, what to pack

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Fodor's Exploring NYCPraise for Fodor's Exploring Guides

"Authoritatively written and superbly presented...Worthy reading before, during, or after a trip." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"Absolutely gorgeous. Fun, colorful, and sophisticated."  --  Chicago Tribune

Fodor's Exploring Guides are the most up-to-date, full-color guidebooks available. Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos, essays on culture and history, descriptions of sights, and practical information.  Full-color photos make these great guides to buy if you're still planning your itinerary (let the photos help you choose!), and they are perfect companions to general guidebooks, like Fodor's Gold Guides.

What to SeeExtraordinary coverage of history and culture
Itineraries, walks and excursions, on and off the beaten path
Architecture and art
Where to Stay
Quick tips in every price range
Where to Eat
Savvy picks for all budgets
The Basics
Getting there and getting around
When to go, what to pack

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New York Is... On the Street

Nonstop Streets

A New York street can be a lonely place but seldom is it an empty one. Around 5 AM, the first batches of briefcase-carrying commuters emerge from the city's subway stations, just in time to see the nightclubbers heading for home. A few hours later, young people make their way to school; soon after, the first lunch-seeking office workers begin filing onto the sidewalks. By early afternoon, some commuters are already making for the stations and by dusk Midtown Manhattan is buzzing with pre-theater diners. In Greenwich Village and the East Village, bars and clubs prepare for another long, busy night.

Street Deals

Free enterprise rules the New York streets. An abundance of foodstands can be found all around the city, and appetites can be satisfied -- often surprisingly well -- without ever venturing inside a restaurant. Bookworms can shop at makeshift outdoor tables, which offer for sale all kinds of reading material ranging from brand-new discounted hardbacks to used paperbacks. Many New York apartments have been furnished by various purchases from street markets, where the merchandise ranges from eccentric lumps of junk to pieces of matching furniture. Even if it rains, there is no need to duck inside for shelter. As the first drops start to fall, street-corner traders appear, seemingly from nowhere, bearing armfuls of inexpensive umbrellas.

New York Is... Transformation

Times Square and 42nd Street

The 1970s saw Times Square and the adjacent stretch of 42nd Street -- on the borders of Broadway -- being taken over by porno theaters, massage parlors and adult bookstores. Drug dealers and prostitutes plied their trade; homeless people were a common sight, and the pedestrian congestion was ideal for pickpockets. A major program of regeneration and development got underway in the mid-1980s, under the banner of the Times Square Business Improvement District. The now considerably transformed area -- patrolled by its own security force and kept clean with frequent garbage collection -- succeeds in its intention of being safe and welcoming to shoppers, tourists, and legitimate businesses alike.

Chelsea

Approximately bordered by 14th and 29th streets, and Sixth Avenue and the Hudson River, the Chelsea neighborhood began collecting the residential overspill from the increasingly upscale Greenwich Village through the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the neighborhood -- a prominent shopping area during the 1890s and now a mixture of townhouses and apartment buildings, industry and commerce -- was an increasingly important nightlife and restaurant area, with astrong gay contingent among its residents and business owners. Many early landmarks remain, not least the Chelsea Hotel and those of the Chelsea Historical District.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 4th edition (March 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679004793
• ISBN-13: 978-0679004790
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,561,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)