The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History ...13 reviews Eric Homberger Henry Holt & Company, 1994 A New York Primer + So interesting... + Good but not complete + NEW YORK CITY IN A NUTSHELL.             Gotham: A History of New York City to 189855 reviews Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 SPECTACULAR! + GOTHAM deserves a fully earned 10 stars rating! + Just stunning + Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 + The Dutch             City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-19209 reviews Timothy J. Gilfoyle W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 Gilfoyle is that rare academic who can write for popular audiences + Sorely Needed Explanation + Dry prose fails to dent an excellent depiciton of sleazy Olde New Yorke + A real eye opener + The Changing Commercialization of Sex             Here is New York19 reviews E.B. White Little Bookroom, 2000 A Love Letter to New York City + Here Is New York by E. B. White + Style, Truth, Prescience + Small Treasure             The Colossus of New York: A City in 13 Parts15 reviews Colson Whitehead Doubleday, 2003 ride the riffs, friend + Very good but not colossal Colson Whitehead's "The Colossus of New York" is a sort of prose poem to New York. But interestingly enough, the city's identity is almost incidental. New York could be any megalopolis. Whitehead simply uses it as a convenient dumping ground for heaping piles of metaphor, innuendo, and wry ...             The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews Modern Library, 1993 Great read + The triumph of common sense + Read it! + Read it + It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy             Lost New York, Expanded and Updated Edition5 reviews Nathan Silver Houghton Mifflin, 2000 A Success on Two Counts + Nice but Could be Much Nicer + The Past Recaptured + Lost New York + A wonderful book about lost buildings in NYC             The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York106 reviews Robert A. Caro Knopf, 1974 Damning, erudite and compelling + Biography at its very best... + A brief review for a big, important, thorough and ground breaking book. + More than a simple biography + How Big Bob the Builder shaped New York             The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped ...51 reviews Russell Shorto Doubleday, 2004 The Island at The Center of The World, + Another Window on the New World + The Island of the center of the world: outstanding! + The Dutch Roots of Liberty in America + Important but unknown history             The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History ...13 reviews Eric Homberger Henry Holt & Company, 1994 A New York Primer + So interesting... + Good but not complete + NEW YORK CITY IN A NUTSHELL.             City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-19209 reviews Timothy J. Gilfoyle W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 Gilfoyle is that rare academic who can write for popular audiences + Sorely Needed Explanation + Dry prose fails to dent an excellent depiciton of sleazy Olde New Yorke + A real eye opener + The Changing Commercialization of Sex             Lost New York, Expanded and Updated Edition5 reviews Nathan Silver Houghton Mifflin, 2000 A Success on Two Counts + Nice but Could be Much Nicer + The Past Recaptured + Lost New York + A wonderful book about lost buildings in NYC             Here is New York19 reviews E.B. White Little Bookroom, 2000 A Love Letter to New York City + Here Is New York by E. B. White + Style, Truth, Prescience + Small Treasure             The Colossus of New York: A City in 13 Parts15 reviews Colson Whitehead Doubleday, 2003 ride the riffs, friend + Very good but not colossal Colson Whitehead's "The Colossus of New York" is a sort of prose poem to New York. But interestingly enough, the city's identity is almost incidental. New York could be any megalopolis. Whitehead simply uses it as a convenient dumping ground for heaping piles of metaphor, innuendo, and wry ...             The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York106 reviews Robert A. Caro Knopf, 1974 Damning, erudite and compelling + Biography at its very best... + A brief review for a big, important, thorough and ground breaking book. + More than a simple biography + How Big Bob the Builder shaped New York             The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped ...51 reviews Russell Shorto Doubleday, 2004 The Island at The Center of The World, + Another Window on the New World + The Island of the center of the world: outstanding! + The Dutch Roots of Liberty in America + Important but unknown history             Gotham: A History of New York City to 189855 reviews Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 SPECTACULAR! + GOTHAM deserves a fully earned 10 stars rating! + Just stunning + Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 + The Dutch             The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews Modern Library, 1993 Great read + The triumph of common sense + Read it! + Read it + It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy