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First published as the Top 10 Guide to New York City in 2002
ISBN: 9781465453112
This abridged Digital Edition published in 2016
eISBN: 9781465453280
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Acknowledgments
CREATIVE TEAM
Author Eleanor Berman
Additional contributor AnneLise Sorensen
Publishing Director Georgina Dee
Publisher Vivien Antwi
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Editorial Ankita Awasthi-Tröger, Michelle Crane, Rebecca Flynn, Rachel Fox, Fíodhna Ní Ghríofa, Freddie Marriage, Sally Schafer, Christine Stroyan
Design Richard Czapnik, Sunita Gahir
Picture Research Phoebe Lowndes, Susie Peachey, Ellen Root, Oran Tarjan
Cartography Simonetta Giori, Suresh Kumar, James Macdonald, Reetu Pandey
DTP Jason Little, Azeem Siddiqui, George Nimmo
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Commissioned Photography Steven Greaves, Dave King, Tim Knox, Norman McGrath, Michael Moran, Chris Stevens, Rough Guides/Curtis Hamilton, Rough Guides/Nelson Hancock, Rough Guides/Angus Osborn, Rough Guides/Greg Roden, Rough Guides/Susannah Sayler.
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PICTURE CREDITS
The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs:
Alamy Images: AA World Travel Library; Tomas Abad/Metropolitan Museum of Art Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, executed ca. 1880; cast in 1922, by Edgar Degas; The Art Archive; Mike Booth; Richard Cummins; Randy Duchaine; Richard Ellis; epa european pressphoto agency b.v.; Everett Collection Historical; JLImages; Richard Levine; Patti McConville; Ann E Parry; Sean Pavone; Prisma Bildagentur AG/Heeb Christian; Radharc Images; Arny Raedts; Philip Scalia; Marc Tielemans; WENN Ltd; World History Archive.
The Dressing Room: Alexandra Adame.
American Museum of Natural History Library: Denis Finnin.
BeccaPR: Daniel Krieger.
Blake Zidell & Associates
Bluestockings Bookstore
Bobby Van’s Steakhouse
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Corbis: Bain News Service; Bettmann; Fraser Hall; Todd Gipstein; imageBROKER/Daniel Kreher; The Jim Heimann Collection; Kipa/David Lefranc; Bob Krist; James Leynse; Lawrence Manning; Theodore C. Marceau; Walter McBride; Abraham Nowitz; Tetra Images.
Richard Czapnik
Dorling Kindersley: Courtesy of Lincoln Center/Steven Greaves
The Drawing Center
Dreamstime.com: Alexpro9500; Matthew Apps; Zeynep Ayse Kiyas Aslanturk; Andrey Bayda; Bcbounders; Maciej Bledowski; Bigapplestock; Bojan Bokic; Breakers; Casadphoto; Ron Chapple; Mike Clegg; Clemmesen; Jerry Coli; Cpenler; Creativeimages1900; Brett Critchley; Cyberfyber; Songquan Deng; Dibrova; Dragoneye; Etstock; Evanfariston; Manuel Hurtado Ferrández; F11photo; Alexandre Fagundes De Fagundes; Fipsut; freephoton; Gary718; Jorg Hackemann; Louis Henault; Dan Henson; Laszlo Halasi; Wangkun Jia; Jeremyreds; Jgaunion; Vichaya Kiatying-angsulee; Jan Kratochvila; Kropic; Lehakok; Leungphotography; Littleny; Marcorubino; Ilja Mašík; mentat; Mightymogwai; Luciano Mortula; Carlos Neto; Sean Pavone; Metropolitan Museum of Art painted gold funerary mask (10th–14th century) from the necropolis of Batán Grande, Peru Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974, 1977; William Perry; Prillfoto; Radekdrewek; Rcavalleri; Bernhard Richter; Rorem/ The Sphere Fritz Koenig ©Fritz-and-Maria-Koenig foundation; Sangaku; Mykhailo Shcherbyna; Shiningcolors; Marcio Silva; Lee Snider; Stockshooter; Stubblefieldphoto; Alyaksandr Stzhalkouski; Travnikovstudio; Tupungato; Victorianl; Gao Wenhao; Zhukovsky.
Eataly: Virginia Rollison.
Freemans/Mediacraft
Getty Images: Bryan Bedder; Bloomberg/Ron Antonelli; Andrew Burton; Charles Eshelman; Kim Grant; Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone; Siegfried Layda; Patti McConville; MPI; Cindy Ord; Mario Tama; WireImage/John Lamparski.
Gramercy Tavern: Daniel Krieger.
© Jeff Koons: Tom Powel Imaging.
Sushisamb/Samba Brands Management
New York Philharmonic: Chris Lee.
Paul Kasmin Gallery: Paul Kasmin Gallery.
Plunge
Porchetta
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York/Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978:; Still Life: Flask, Glass, and Jug ca. 1877 Paul Cézanne; Haere Mai 1891 Paul Gauguin; Hermitage at Pontoise ca. 1867 Camille Pissarro; Mountains at Saint-Remy 1889 Vincent Van Gogh.
The Dutch: Noah Fecks.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
The Harvesters, 1565 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.164); Card players (1890) Cezanne, Bequest of Stepehn C. Clark, 1960 (61.101.1); The Cloisters Collection, 1962; French silk doublet 1620s The Costume Institute Fund, in memory of Polaire Weissman, 1989 (1989.196); Garden at Sainte–Adresse (1867) by Claude Monet, Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1967 (67.241).
The Red Cat
Tishman Speyer: Dorling Kinderlsey.
Webster Hall
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