Secret New York: An Unusual Guide

by T Rives

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Admire an amazing apocalyptic pillar in a church, relax
in secret gardens, view the New York version of
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, visit a secret subway
tunnel, watch the stars through a university telescope,
track down a statue of Lenin, have your skirts billow up
at the very same grating as Marilyn Monroe, gaze at a
roomful of dirt, discover an oversized Venetian palazzo
above a former stables, visit an island that was named a
sovereign country by a guy in a rowboat in 2004, play
scrabble on Scrabble Street signs in Queens, see a
townhouse concealing a subway entrance, locate a plaque
to an event that happened in another dimension, have your
bicycle blessed in a church. Far from the crowds and
usual clich?s, New York still reserves any number of
hidden treasures for those who know how to wander off the
beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who
thought they knew New York well, or who would like to
discover the hidden face of the city.
  • ISBN13 9782361950248
  • Publish Date 26 June 2014
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 16 March 2021
  • Publish Country FR
  • Imprint Jonglez
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 432
  • Language English