{"product_id":"magnetic-city-a-walking-companion-to-new-york","title":"Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMagnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJustin Davidson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780553394702\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City--a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution of the city\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Justin Davidson has explained the ever-changing city of New York to his readers at \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, introducing new buildings, interviewing architects, tracking the way the transforming urban landscape shapes who New Yorkers are. Now, his extensive, inspiring knowledge will be available to a wide audience. An insider's guide to the architecture and planning of New York that includes maps, photographs, and original insights from the men and women who built the city and lived in it--its designers, visionaries, artists, writers--\u003ci\u003eMagnetic City\u003c\/i\u003e offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIncludes walking tours throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - the Financial District\u003cbr\u003e - the World Trade Center \u003cbr\u003e - the Seaport and the Brooklyn waterfront\u003cbr\u003e - Chelsea and the High Line\u003cbr\u003e - 42nd Street\u003cbr\u003e - the Upper West Side\u003cbr\u003e - the South Bronx and Sugar Hill \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMagnetic City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intimate, seductive guidebook.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An enthralling new book makes clear that I'm not alone in my home-town infatuation . . . lends nuance, texture and historical perspective to my impression that New York City has never been so appealing or life-affirming as it is today.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Davidson] combines a keen intelligence, experience, observational skills, expertise (especially but not solely architectural), and an elegant writing style to make this beautifully produced book indispensable.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A street-level celebration of New York City in \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York | Justin Davidson | Paperback | 9780553394702 | Used: Very Good | Travelogues 1559245","offer_id":50580862402818,"sku":"1559245","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/917bIUIQiSL.jpg?v=1790996835","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/magnetic-city-a-walking-companion-to-new-york","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}