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New York
Diverse and vivacious, artistic, audacious, and always inspirational, there are many definitions of New York.
In a photographic tour that goes beyond the clichés of this spirited city, Assouline presents a unique portrait of New York City with pictures that are at once modern, elegant, and bold. From its intimate details to its iconic architecture, here are over 900 images that illuminate the mantra, Only in New York. There is Central Park and Carnegie Hall, of course, but also Mott Street, Jackson Heights and the Apollo.
With an entertaining introduction by Tama Janowitz and an appendix of Assouline s favourite hotels, restaurants, museums, and special services, New York is the quintessential illustrated volume on the world s greatest city.
In a photographic tour that goes beyond the clichés of this spirited city, Assouline presents a unique portrait of New York City with pictures that are at once modern, elegant, and bold. From its intimate details to its iconic architecture, here are over 900 images that illuminate the mantra, Only in New York. There is Central Park and Carnegie Hall, of course, but also Mott Street, Jackson Heights and the Apollo.
With an entertaining introduction by Tama Janowitz and an appendix of Assouline s favourite hotels, restaurants, museums, and special services, New York is the quintessential illustrated volume on the world s greatest city.
976 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2005
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About the author
Tama Janowitz
29 books263 followersTama Janowitz is an American novelist and a short story writer. The 2005 September/October issue of Pages magazine listed her as one of the four "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis, Mark Lindquist and Jay McInerney.
Born in San Francisco, California to a psychiatrist father and literature professor mother who divorced when she was ten, Janowitz moved to the East Coast of the United States to attend Barnard College and the Columbia University School of the Arts and started writing about life in New York City, where she had settled down.
She socialized with Andy Warhol and became well-known in New York's literary and social circles. Her 1986 collection of short stories, Slaves of New York brought her wider fame. Slaves of New York was adapted into a 1989 film directed by James Ivory and starring Bernadette Peters. Janowitz wrote the screenplay and also appeared, playing Peters' friend.
Janowitz has published seven novels, one collection of stories and one work of non-fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tim Hunt, and their adopted daughter.
Born in San Francisco, California to a psychiatrist father and literature professor mother who divorced when she was ten, Janowitz moved to the East Coast of the United States to attend Barnard College and the Columbia University School of the Arts and started writing about life in New York City, where she had settled down.
She socialized with Andy Warhol and became well-known in New York's literary and social circles. Her 1986 collection of short stories, Slaves of New York brought her wider fame. Slaves of New York was adapted into a 1989 film directed by James Ivory and starring Bernadette Peters. Janowitz wrote the screenplay and also appeared, playing Peters' friend.
Janowitz has published seven novels, one collection of stories and one work of non-fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tim Hunt, and their adopted daughter.
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August 5, 2022
Almost as good as being there - one day I will get there - beautiful photography. Books like this make me wish I would have traveled more when I was younger; had I known how educational travel could be I would have picked jobs that would have allowed me to travel cheap. Still want to get to NYC one day - that jar of pennies has to get spent someday!
March 26, 2025
Almost a thousand photographs of NYC in the mid-00’s, with a great selection of quotes from notable figures and some lists in the back of the book detailing spots to see and related media.
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