New York Today Book

More than 150 stunning color photographs of New York provide a panorama of the everyday City, from café tables nestled at the feet of the financial district's glass towers, to the strobelit walls of the Palladium disco, to flower decked upper Madison Avenue and the chic new boutiquery of stolid old Columbus Avenue. p> George takes his camera inside museums, to the Debutante Ball at the Waldorf, to Soho art openings, and to Greenwich Village eateries. His is a picture of the city today that none other than a longtime resident could get; it makes the snapshot books by visiting Europeans look like so many postcards. In addition to his superb photographs, Michael George has written a loving and informed introduction to the city, offered keen observations of its growth, its problems, and its ongoing joys. His lively and pertinent captions to the photographs add another dimension. For native and tourist alike, this is a book that shows New York as a vital, bustling center of work and play that it is.

151 photographs in full color, 160 pages, 8-7/8 x 11".