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The Intimate City: Walking New York

The Intimate City: Walking New York

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  • Create Date：2022-11-30 10:19:34
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Michael Kimmelman
  • ISBN：B09TN2CJY5
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Reviews

Maria Vale ，

This is an endlessly surprising， joyful， deeply illuminating book about the meaning and making of a great city。 It’s wonderful。 I read some of these walks when the first appeared in The New York Times during lockdown。 They were a solace then， a reminder of the resilience of a city I love。 But they are so much more when I read them together and with a few new walks and a thoughtful introduction。 It’s not just that I learned about places I know or thought I knew—a law professor’s explanation of ho This is an endlessly surprising， joyful， deeply illuminating book about the meaning and making of a great city。 It’s wonderful。 I read some of these walks when the first appeared in The New York Times during lockdown。 They were a solace then， a reminder of the resilience of a city I love。 But they are so much more when I read them together and with a few new walks and a thoughtful introduction。 It’s not just that I learned about places I know or thought I knew—a law professor’s explanation of how the law shaped 42nd Street， for example， or an engineer’s perspective on the famous skyscrapers of Midtown。 I also found myself moved by the most personal walks —by native New Yorkers who offer elegies of the neighborhoods of their childhoods like Jackson Heights or Brooklyn and by those who came to New York looking for， and finding， welcome in a whole range of neighborhoods， from Mott Haven to Chinatown to Greenwich Village。As is fitting for a book of this sort， it is also incredibly beautiful， with a ton of gorgeous photographs。 。。。more

Kathleen Simmons ，

As a New Yorker I loved this series when it first ran in the New York Times。 It was such a consolation when the city was in lockdown and now it is just a joy。 I re-read it recently and was impressed by the breadth of perspective， learning more with each walk--including the new ones-- about the city I thought I knew。

Martin Maenza ，

Review forthcoThis book comes out on November 29， 2022。 Penguin Group Press provided an early galley for review。I love New York City。 I always have。 Ever since I was a kid， I wanted to go there。 I saw it in movies， on TV shows， in comic books。 It seemed mythical and magical to me。 When I was 21 years old， I had the opportunity to visit the city three times in the course of six months; it was a dream come true。Reading The Intimate City brought everything back from those three brief visits。 The si Review forthcoThis book comes out on November 29， 2022。 Penguin Group Press provided an early galley for review。I love New York City。 I always have。 Ever since I was a kid， I wanted to go there。 I saw it in movies， on TV shows， in comic books。 It seemed mythical and magical to me。 When I was 21 years old， I had the opportunity to visit the city three times in the course of six months; it was a dream come true。Reading The Intimate City brought everything back from those three brief visits。 The sights， the smells， the energy， the anticipation， the wonder of it。 It was a rush to experience those sensations again。 Thank you， Michael Kimmelman and his various walking cohorts， for renewing that in me again。 I also got exposed to a number of areas of the city I've not been before， and that just makes me want to plan another trip back there someday。ming 。。。more