Wallpaper City Guide: New York 2008 (Wallpaper City Guides) [Paperback]

Editors of Wallpaper Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wallpaper City Guides | Publication Date: January 1, 2009

"Wallpaper City Guides" present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we've done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars and hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores and sites, and the most enticing architecture and design. "Wallpaper City Guides" enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape and the satisfaction you've seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine's travel experts, both by in-house editors, and correspondents who actually live in the highlighted cities, providing up-to-the-minute information. They are published on the occasion of the magazine's 10th anniversary and highlight its mission to present the best in new design and sophisticated urban travel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714848239
• ISBN-13: 978-0714848235
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,644,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Comprehensive; Outdated, October 12, 2009

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This review is from: Wallpaper City Guide: New York 2008 (Wallpaper City Guides) (Paperback)

This guide is probably not useful for the frugal traveler. Its recommendations are geared toward to those seeking hip (and expensive) hotels, restaurants, and shopping. Most, if not all, of the restaurants featured are upscale dining establishments ($50 to $100+ per-person dinners), and some listings are outdated. For example, the lounge "Socialista" is closed and its website is not accessible, the restaurant "Fiamma" is closed, and the listed "Hotel QT" has been renamed "Room Mate Grace Hotel". The suggested hotels, like the restaurants, are also fairly expensive, albeit luxurious.

I would purchase this guide only as an addition to another, more comprehensive guide on NYC.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide!, April 13, 2009

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HMac (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wallpaper City Guide: New York 2008 (Wallpaper City Guides) (Paperback)

This pocket sized guide is full of "in the know" knowledge of the coolest bars, restaurants and stores in New York City. You won't find the nitty gritty details about how to get cheap tickets to The Little Mermaid, because this book assumes you are cooler than your average tourist. Added bonus- it has a handy dandy fold-out front cover landscape photograph of the city and points out landmark buildings and bridges, so you can easily orient yourself in the city without looking like a tourist. Plus its smaller than your average paperback copy of "Bright Lights, Big City" so you can carry it with you on your visit without needing to pay a visit to the chiropractor.