Reviews for AIA guide to New York City

The average rating for AIA guide to New York City based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-07-03 00:00:00 Rich Sprague My husband and I know more about New York than the majority of people who were born here even though it's only been three years since we moved here from Russia. We take this book, get a train to a remote neighborhood and walk around, using the buildings described in the book as the guideline, but also looking around at the way people live, eat, shop and have fun. We're almost done with Manhattan, but still have a long way to go with the other 4 boroughs. It's simply fascinating to look at the way old New York meets the new one, the way fancy mansions get turned into affordable housing, and swamps become cozy residential enclaves. I'm pretty sure it's not for everyone, but I experience utter, absolute glee whenever my husband tells me that we should go "walk around with the guide" on our day off. We even do it in winters now because we're unstoppable. I've been finding quite a few typos, including in address names, and some chapters are not very well organized in terms of progression of chapters so we have to tweak around, but I can honestly say these are all minor things that couldn't compromise the rating I'm giving to my favorite book.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-08-04 00:00:00 Henry Maranan This covers the whole city; go right for the parts you're interested in. Soon you'll be saying, "Actually, Zed, Heather makes a good case for this building being Romanesque Revival. Now kiss and make up!"