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"New York, a city like no other, has been celebrated many times in many different ways, and now TASCHEN have added a thoroughbred of a tome to the stable. Reuel Golden tells the tale of this quintessential modern metropolis in plain, elegant prose, and illustrates his story with a stunning gallery of photographs from the 1850s right up to the present day. The text comes in short, article-sized snippets... to introduce each chapter, and then the photos take over. And what a glorious gallimaufrey of images they are, covering just about every aspect of New York life you could think of. ... It's this that gives them such life, a huge variety not just of subject matter but of style, bringing a human warmth to the collection and reflecting New York's own diversity. If that were all there is to it this would still be a beautiful book, but there's even more. After the main part comes an end section of splendid appendices... but also recommended viewing, listening and reading, giving you a well chosen list of films, music and novels. And that's what helps to set this volume apart. Let's face it, there's no shortage of beautifully produced books on New York... but this one allows you to gain the complete cultural lowdown on the city and get as close as you can to inhabiting it without actually moving there."— Fused Magazine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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"New York, a city like no other, has been celebrated many times in many different ways, and now TASCHEN have added a thoroughbred of a tome to the stable. Reuel Golden tells the tale of this quintessential modern metropolis in plain, elegant prose, and illustrates his story with a stunning gallery of photographs from the 1850s right up to the present day. The text comes in short, article-sized snippets... to introduce each chapter, and then the photos take over. And what a glorious gallimaufrey of images they are, covering just about every aspect of New York life you could think of. ... It's this that gives them such life, a huge variety not just of subject matter but of style, bringing a human warmth to the collection and reflecting New York's own diversity. If that were all there is to it this would still be a beautiful book, but there's even more. After the main part comes an end section of splendid appendices... but also recommended viewing, listening and reading, giving you a well chosen list of films, music and novels. And that's what helps to set this volume apart. Let's face it, there's no shortage of beautifully produced books on New York... but this one allows you to gain the complete cultural lowdown on the city and get as close as you can to inhabiting it without actually moving there."— Fused Magazine, Birmingham, Royaume-Uni
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"New York, a city like no other, has been celebrated many times in many different ways, and now TASCHEN have added a thoroughbred of a tome to the stable. Reuel Golden tells the tale of this quintessential modern metropolis in plain, elegant prose, and illustrates his story with a stunning gallery of photographs from the 1850s right up to the present day. The text comes in short, article-sized snippets... to introduce each chapter, and then the photos take over. And what a glorious gallimaufrey of images they are, covering just about every aspect of New York life you could think of. ... It's this that gives them such life, a huge variety not just of subject matter but of style, bringing a human warmth to the collection and reflecting New York's own diversity. If that were all there is to it this would still be a beautiful book, but there's even more. After the main part comes an end section of splendid appendices... but also recommended viewing, listening and reading, giving you a well chosen list of films, music and novels. And that's what helps to set this volume apart. Let's face it, there's no shortage of beautifully produced books on New York... but this one allows you to gain the complete cultural lowdown on the city and get as close as you can to inhabiting it without actually moving there."— Fused Magazine, Birmingham, Großbritannien
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