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INTRODUCTION
The most beguiling city in the world, New York is an adrenaline-charged, history-laden place that holds immense romantic appeal for visitors. Wandering the streets here, you’ll cut between buildings that are icons to the modern age – and whether gazing at the flickering lights of the midtown skyscrapers as you speed across the Queensboro bridge, experiencing the 4am half-life downtown, or just wasting the morning on the Staten Island ferry, you really would have to be made of stone not to be moved by it all. There’s no place quite like it.

While the events of September 11, 2001, which demolished the World Trade Center, shook New York to its core, the populace responded resiliently under the composed aegis of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Until the attacks, many New Yorkers loved to hate Giuliani, partly because they saw him as committed to making their city too much like everyone else’s. To some extent he succeeded, and during the late Nineties New York seemed cleaner, safer, and more liveable, as the city took on a truly international allure and shook off the more notorious aspects to its reputation. However, the maverick quality of New York and its people still shines as brightly as it ever did. Even in the aftermath of the World Trade Center’s collapse, New York remains a unique and fascinating city – and one you’ll want to return to again and again.

You could spend weeks in New York and still barely scratch the surface, but there are some key attractions – and some pleasures – that you won’t want to miss. There are the different ethnic neighborhoods, like lower Manhattan’s Chinatown and the traditionally Jewish Lower East Side (not so much anymore); and the more artsy concentrations of SoHo, TriBeCa, and the East and West Villages. Of course, there is the celebrated architecture of corporate Manhattan, with the skyscrapers in downtown and midtown forming the most indelible images. There are the museums, not just the Metropolitan and MoMA, but countless other smaller collections that afford weeks of happy wandering. In between sights, you can eat just about anything, at any time, cooked in any style; you can drink in any kind of company; and sit through any number of obscure movies. The more established arts – dance, theater, music – are superbly catered for; and New York’s clubs are as varied and exciting as you might expect. And for the avid consumer, the choice of shops is vast, almost numbingly exhaustive in this heartland of the great capitalist dream. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Rough Guide to New York City is the most comprehensive and useful full-length guide to the greatest city in the world and a necessity for any traveller. Packed with intriguing accounts of the city's great museums and other sites, the guide also includes full detailed listings of all the best places to eat, drink and be entertained. With this guide you will also be treated to lively writing about the local history, including New York's rich immigrant legacy, and how the catastrophic events of 9/11 have affected the downtown landscape and how it is rebuilding. From the winding beautiful streets of the Village to the majestic avenues of the East side and the other vibrant neighbourhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, there's something in New York and this book for every visitor.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   51 of 51 people found the following review helpful: Everything you could need to know about visiting New York, 19 Feb 2003 By  M Hales (Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Mini Rough Guide to New York City (Miniguides) (Paperback) This was my bible when visiting New York for the first time! It's small enough to fit in your handbag yet so packed with information that i felt lost without it! It lists resteraunts, tourist attractions, shops, markets, museums, attractions for children, scenic places to visit and lots more. This guide lets you in on secrets that you would not find out from other guides. It tells you the best time to visit places, when certain attractions are on, prices, adresses and a brief background of the place. It also includes a map of Manhatten and a subway map, which are all very vital when you are searching for that well earned Krispy Kreme store! A must have guide for anyone visiting New York.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   31 of 32 people found the following review helpful: fantastic !, 8 Jul 2002 By  T. Middleton "book worm" (Uk) - See all my reviews    This review is from: The Mini Rough Guide to New York City (Miniguides) (Paperback) Having read the 'Rough Guide' full version, I was half expecting a lot of the information in the mini guide to be left out, but oh contrare, it was still packed with loads of information,and in a more realistic package for those of us who don't have a year to see everything ! It's a great size for reference, fitting snuggly in your pocket, so your head is not constantly in your book missing the sights and sounds going on around you ! I was very impressed, and the maps are very clear and precise. Once again, as always, the rough guide team have done a fantastic job - Well done.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   24 of 25 people found the following review helpful: Just the right amount of detail, 5 Nov 2002 By  M. Worsey-Buck (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews    This review is from: The Mini Rough Guide to New York City (Miniguides) (Paperback) Before heading off to New York for a week's sightseeing and shopping, I read this guide from cover to cover (well, nearly) and wrote down all the things I wanted to see. I'm a firm believer in planning holidays so that you don't waste an hour each morning deciding what you're going to do. I found the Mini Rough Guide had just enough information for the first-time visitor with only a week to see the city. Any more detail, and I would have been swamped and not got around to finishing it. It mentions some great places to see, and not just the major tourist attractions that we've all seen or heard about before, like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, but also some out of the way places and interesting buildings that you might want to pop into and have a look at on your way down the street. If you've been to New York before and have seen all the touristy things, or have more than a couple of weeks up your sleeve, it describes various districts within NYC in enough detail to allow you to spend the morning exploring an area in great detail, describing the history of the area and some interesting facts about various streets and buildings. I found that the restaurant section was a little limited, giving only one or two restaurants in each area and in each food type. But I suppose it is a Mini Rough Guide and if they put all the restaurants in New York City in this guide, it would be as big as the Yellow Pages. Overall - Informative, interesting, brief and too the point, and doesn't weigh too much