Author(s): Andrew Garn

Travel & Pictorial

New York is its neighborhoods--Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Harlem, Canarsie, Astoria, Chinatown, Coney Island, to name only a few--each one distinct from the other. New York by Neighborhood, photographed by New York-native Andrew Garn, offers a vibrant visual tapestry of 75 distinct locales, defined as much by individual residents as by shops, by architecture, by streets, by stories and traditions, by history, by an openness to transformation, all of which come together to form the greatest city on earth--on evidence here. New York by Neighborhood will appeal equally to the tourist as to the local, providing at once an unprecedented visual tour of the "city that never sleeps" while also offering an invitation to the many nooks and crannies most visitors and locals alike never get the chance to see. The book is a revelation of the multifaceted splendor that is New York.

More languages are spoken on the streets of New York than anywhere else in the world, and a testament to this diversity are New York's neighborhoods. From Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, with its authentic age-old Italian restaurants and shops, and Astoria Queens, with its vibrant Greek community and diverse landscape, to Manhattan's Chinatown and Greenwich Village, New York City is its neighborhoods, first and foremost.

This book looks at the essential New York through a focus on its many distinct, colorful, and rich neighborhoods, providing in each case a snapshot of a place and its people, as well as brief and informal texts incorporating anecdote, cultural milestones, and fascinating historical fact. Beautifully photographed by New York photographer and author Andrew Garn, the volume will appeal to visitors who want the full picture of this great city; as well, it will appeal to the resident, who continues to marvel at the vast array of wonders that make up the city that never sleeps.