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List Price: $24.95 | | Publisher: Universe
Salesrank: 5247
Released: October 6, 2009 |
| Our Price: $15.93 |
| Used Price: $15.25 |
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
New York’s Unique & Unexpected Places is written for adventurers and dreamers who want to explore the city’s uncommon, but fascinating, less familiar sites. This beguiling book will delight urban enthusiasts, New Yorkers, and the countless tourists determined to discover—and sometimes rediscover—these fifty memorable destinations. Visit a cutting-edge center for architecture, a Dutch farmhouse surprisingly perched on Broadway, the sublime chapel designed by Louise Nevelson, idiosyncratic museums dedicated to finance and firefighting and subway cars, the historic home of Louis Armstrong, and a spectacular garden overlooking the Hudson.
New York's Unique and Unexpected Places Reviews:
Here we come! 
2009-10-19 - What a marvelous treat "New York's Unique and Unexpected Places" was to read! Judith Stonehill has done all the legwork for our next trip to the Big Apple - we just have to decide which places to visit first. The write-ups are such fun to read, even if you weren't planning a trip to the "City". The beautiful photos by Alexandra Stonehill enhance the author's descriptions.
Best of all, this book is out in time for Christmas gifts - each of our children will be receiving one.
NYC here we come - eager and ready to take in these "special finds".
A New York Must - Have
2009-10-18 - A terrific guide as well as a great read. This book takes you to many places in New York that I never knew existed. Not only am I happy to have one myself, I will be buying more as gifts for my native New Yorker friends. Most that I polled had been to less than half of the places featured, and there were several that none even knew about. A must for every New Yorker and lovers of New York.
Great Photos, But Too Little Substance 
2009-10-14 - With a large collection of New York City guide books, I am pretty well read in this area. I like to keep myself current on both popular tourist sites and obscure stuff since I act as a tour guide myself when I have guests from out-of-town. There seem to be a run on new books the feature 'unusual' places in New York. "New York's Unique and Unexpected Places" is the third guide I've see published in the past year, following "Off the Beaten Subway Track" and "Secret New York", each which also sit on my bookshelf. Unfortunately, this title covers no new ground.
Starting with its strengths, the photos are crisp and nicely capture the spirit of some of these lesser known sites. The photos are the star of the show, but the writing is only acceptable and it lacks personality. This title would have been better as a coffee table book of photo essays, rather than a hard cover guide book. In terms of value for your money, "Off the Beaten Subway Track" is a soft-cover book that cost me half as much money, covered all of the same sites with dozens that are not in this book, and featured a more engaging narrative structure.
If you are looking for interesting places to visit in New York, this book provides a sample of the oddity that New York contains. However, it is not alone in a growing niche. Since I tend to be a bit of an outlier when it comes to NYC books (I literally have dozens), I suspect most people only need one book regarding this narrow subject. Explore the alternatives, since this book falls short.
FIVE START NYC GUIDE BOOK
2009-10-14 - This book will inspire you to discover places you didn't know existed in New York.
Beautifully written, photographed and designed, a book you are always going to
treasure.
What a great book to buy as a gift for friends/clients who live in NYC and those
who will be visiting or dream of visiting. I just placed another order.
Fantastic guidebook!
2009-10-12 - As a long-time New Yorker, I was amazed by some of the destinations in this wonderful guidebook. Not only had I not been to a number of the places, I had never even heard of several! The book offers a nice balance between cultural institutions, one-of-a-kind shops and parks, as well as a few pits stops for some very New York treats. I definitely recommend this book to all, and especially native New Yorkers who would like a reminder that New York still is an extraordinarily diverse city with hidden treasures waiting to be discovered....
