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The Almanac of New York City
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Description for The Almanac of New York City
Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Kameny, Fred. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
The Almanac of New York City is an innovative companion for urban enthusiasts. Nowhere else will you find the name of the city's first comptroller (Selah Strong) and Staten Island's most recently designated historic district (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto) next to the city's best-attended cultural institution (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with five million visitors annually) and its lowest recorded temperature (15 degrees below zero in February 1934). The Almanac identifies the borough with the most residents who relocate to Palm Beach (Queens) and the borough with the highest number of Panamanian immigrants (Brooklyn). It lists where New ... Read more
The Almanac of New York City is an innovative companion for urban enthusiasts. Nowhere else will you find the name of the city's first comptroller (Selah Strong) and Staten Island's most recently designated historic district (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto) next to the city's best-attended cultural institution (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with five million visitors annually) and its lowest recorded temperature (15 degrees below zero in February 1934). The Almanac identifies the borough with the most residents who relocate to Palm Beach (Queens) and the borough with the highest number of Panamanian immigrants (Brooklyn). It lists where New ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140638
SKU
V9780231140638
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About Jackson
Kenneth T. Jackson is director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History and Jacques Barzun Professor of History at Columbia University. He is a former president of the New-York Historical Society and is editor in chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City.A native of New York City, Fred Kameny received his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and ... Read more
Reviews for The Almanac of New York City
No detail that contributes to the definition of New York has escaped Jackson and Kameny. Recommended. Library Journal A marvelous example of an information source that provides the facts and figures one knows one wants and also offers enough of the quirky, unexpected, and engaging information to pull readers into finding things they never thought they needed to know. Booklist ... Read more