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New York, New York - a crazy quilt of evolving neighborhoods, trends, and tastes, and home to natives and newcomers of every nationality, ethnicity, and outlook. New York Citys history and grand ambitions live in every street, park, and hidden alleyway. This unusual guidebook invites the adventurous and curious to explore a wildly diverse selection of little-known places, including a trapeze school, a giant Buddha in a former porno theater, a Coney Island sideshow, Louis Armstrongs home, a Central Park croquet court, a Gatsby-era speakeasy, and a secret balcony where slaves worshipped 200 years ago. Play chess with the masters on a Midtown office-tower wall have a pint at a legendary prizefighters hangout in Soho whisper messages across a crowded train station.



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Susan Lusk

Susan Lusk has been an art director, book editor, photographer, indie publisher. She's been taking pictures since her dad gave her his old Leica when she was a kid. She has a degree in fine arts, and has always lived, loved, and shopped in New York - the center of the universe.



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