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New York: Wish You Were Here (Hardcover)
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New York: Wish You Were Here (Hardcover)
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Take a journey through Manhattan neighborhoods with this colorful
collection of New York City photographs and postcards. Learn about
the history that shaped the Big Apple before the 21st century, and
the wealth of trivia that built the "city that never sleeps." Did
you know that Wall Street was once a stockade that marked the end
of the city's limits? That Canal Street was built above a canal?
That the spire of the Empire State Building was originally used to
dock zeppelin planes? That under the Knickerbocker Hotel a private
railroad was built for John Jacob Astor and his guests? That the
FDR drive was built on landfill shipped from London after WWII? Or
that the Cloisters were reconstructed from several medieval abbeys
shipped back to the States? This entertaining and informative walk
down memory lane has 192 pages chock full of color photographs,
antique postcards, and maps, sure to dazzle new and native New
Yorkers alike.
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