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Access New York City (7th ed.) by: Richard Saul Wurman List Price: $19.00 Price: $12.99 You Save: $6.01 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4710443 EAN: 9780062771629 ISBN: 0062771620 Label: Access Pr Manufacturer: Access Pr Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 1996-05 Publisher: Access Pr Studio: Access Pr Sales Rank: 2972187 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Book Description: Sophisticated and brutal. Exhilarating and oppressive. Earthy and aloof. A thorough description of New York City might exhaust the largest vocabulary. A city of dynamic contrasts, from the sleek granite powerhouses of Wall Street and Midtown to the charming tenements of Brooklyn and the Bronx, from the Bohemian spirit of Greenwich Village to the old-money atmosphere of the Upper Fifth Avenue, and from the avant-garde art galleries of SoHo to the historic churches of Harlem - New York is all of this and more. Following extensive updating and re-writing post-9/11, this 10th edition of Access New York City is comprehensive, fully updated and filled with revised maps, sidebars and points of interest, offering travelers the best of this citys myriad pleasures, guaranteeing that when they've said and done as much as they can, they'll wave good-bye to the Statue of Liberty while humming New York, New York. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Has anyone told the author how out-of-date he is?I have always loved the format of ACCESS books but to be honest, the last 3 guides to NYC have been very outdated. I feel as if the author has told a flunkie to "check the websites" of all the places listed in the book, and that the flunkie then quit his job and the author just published the edition from 10 years ago. I cannot continue to purchase the Access books knowing this is the case. I wonder if the author reads his own reviews on Amazon (I kind of doubt it). He should stop wasting his and our time by publishing out of date books. Rating:  - The BEST New York walking around book.The layout of this series of guide books is excellent to have along on the trip. Laid out street by street, area by area, with color coded text for different types of attractions - hotels, dining, shopping, etc.- it is wonderful for finding your way. Much easier than a book with all hotels in one chapter, all dining in another. This way, if I'm shopping in SoHo or visiting an Upper East Side museum and want to have a bite to eat, its a breeze to find a good place nearby. I have used ACCESS NY for many years and find their reviews of dining to be spot on. Highly recommend. Rating: - ACCESS NEW YORK CITY 12eOut of date info. Waste of your money. Do not purchase. Wait for new edition. Rating: - A great help for practical touringVery helpful approach that discusses sights, restaurants, shops, and hotels block-by-block. Subway stops should be superimposed on these maps, although they are included separately. Rating: - This book is outdated!We just returned from a trip to New York City. I am a HUGE fan of Access books and have used them for cities around the world for the last 14 years. However, the current version of the New York City Access is woefully outdated and was a waste of money. We found several businesses had moved and one, the venerable Balducci's, had gone of out business. Needless to say, this de-railed us a few times and was inconvenient to say the least. Things change quickly in New York. If Access wants to be in the business of publishing guides of New York, they need to commit to annual updates. |
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