“One of the running themes of this book is not just about the history of New York but how New Yorkers looked at their own history throughout history.” -Young, in an interview with the authors on Curbed NYĥ. The Bowery Boys: Adventures in Old New York by Greg Young and Tom Meyers It’s proof that you don’t need to read a dense, 1,000-page book to get a sense of what makes a city a city.Ĥ. The objects featured are wonderfully diverse-oysters, subway tokens, the Domino Sugar Refinery sign, and the bagel all make appearances-and the stories are compulsively readable. A History of New York in 101 Objects by Sam Robertsīuilding off a New York Times feature that solicited reader input on the tchotchkes that best represent New York, Roberts’s 2014 book is a compact, yet thorough, history of the greatest city in the world. The details he shares could easily have been lost forever, instead, they are here for all time to transport and make any New Yorker’s heart swell.” - Tamara Shopsin, illustrator, line cook, and author of Arbitrary Stupid Goalģ. Mitchell’s New York has cash registers made of soup bowls, makeshift bludgeons of rolled up magazines, and above all characters. The way Joseph Mitchell writes is batshit wonderful, funny, spare, and kind. Not just a gift to me, but to the history of New York City. That is what I thought after I read Up in The Old Hotel. The title is self-explanatory: This massive tome is a truly comprehensive reference guide to everything you need to know about New York City, from Berenice Abbott to Louis Zukofsky-literally.Ģ. The Encyclopedia of New York City edited by Kenneth T. We hope you enjoy-and if your favorite is not on the list, chime in with your picks in the comments.Īnd one thing to note: We’ve linked to Amazon here for convenience’s sake, but we of course recommend seeking these out at one of New York City’s amazing independent bookstores: the Strand, Three Lives & Company, Greenlight, Community Bookstore, Word, Book Culture… we could go on, but you get the idea.ġ. The resulting list is not comprehensive, but it is diverse, with fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and more represented. We also asked city experts-architects, critics, authors, and urbanists among them-to give their recommendations. We tasked our editors with choosing the books no New York bookshelf should be without-the ones that have informed their understanding of the city’s past, present, and future. And in coming up with this list, which narrows that vast assemblage down to just 50 essential books, our goal was simple: to provide a starting point for anyone who wants to understand how New York became, well, New York. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books about New York City-broad overviews of its history, deep dives into topics like gentrification or architecture, novels that capture a particular moment in time, the list goes on.
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