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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book a lot because it goes through - street by street - the evolution of NYC.  I read this book, and I am taking it with me during our next trip so that I can take it to neighborhood by borough :) to really walk through the progression.  I LOVED the story of the first sky scraper in NYC...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42965565">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pete Hamill is a newspaperman, and it seems to me that this book is a bit shallow as a result. He's very readable, but just a little superficial for my taste. Of course he admits right away, even in the title, that this will be just one person's take on the city, and in fact his knowledge of downtow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31225843">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[But I'm a history buff.  Pete Hamill reminds me of me sometimes, and never more so than in this book, in which he just walks around downtown and tells stories of each building he passes.  You can tell he really likes history, and so do I.  Awesome.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I might have liked this more if I had read it versus listening on audio books. Nonetheless, Pete Hamill's love affair with New York is beautiful and honest. I always learn something from Pete Hamill's books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was great as audio, and now I'm looking forward to reading it in paper version for the first time.<br/><br/>I love New York, and reading this book makes me look at the city a little differently.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when I first moved to New York and started working in SoHo, just to get a feel for the history of the place. It's very readable and I like knowing a little bit about the streets and buildings I walk every day.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Splendiferous book, and a great thing to be reading while in New York City. I learned a great deal, and have sent quoted passages to guyczuk, who was in NYC this summer.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pete Hamill is one of my favorite writers because whether he's writing fiction or nonfiction, everything he writes is so richly textured with details, you feel as if you were there with him or his characters. His love for New York City is palpable in this book, something that has defined him as much...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7025258">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't get enough of this book. It makes me want to walk around New York and actually look up, down and all around -- just like a tourist, but one loaded with the historical New York of tap, the farmlands that became the grid of New York, publishers' row, the el, Bowery, Broadway, Stanford White, T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18621962">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm only a few pages into this book, but I'm enjoying it immensely. He presents a walking narrative of the city, starting at Battery Park, then to One Broadway. I have this checked out from the library, but will probably purchase my own copy.]]></body>
    
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