Winner of the 2019 NYC Big Book Award in the Travel Category! Admire an
apocalyptic pillar in a church, relax in secret gardens, discover the
New York version of the Sagrada Familia, visit a secret metro tunnel,
contemplate an elephant electrocuted, find bullet impacts outside the
Bank JP Morgan, observe the stars with a university telescope, find a
statue of Lenin, fly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn Monroe,
explore a room filled with earth, discover a gigantic Venetian palace
above an old stable, visit an island whose independence was proclaimed
from a canoe in 2004, discover the pig of St. Patrick's Cathedral, play
scrabble with the signs of Queens, find out where is the last tooth of
Washington, find the house who hides a metro mouth, locate a plaque in
memory of an event of another dimension, have your bike or elephant
blessed, go get inspected any natural quirk at an annual professional
identification session ... New York offers endless opportunity to step
off the program and peer into the city's fascinating past and present.
Secret New York - An Unusual Guide is an indispensible resource for
those who thought they already knew everything about America's
metropolis, or want to begin exploring it hidden places.