{"product_id":"the-big-onion-guide-to-new-york-city-ten-historic-tours-paperback","title":"The Big Onion Guide to New York City: Ten Historic Tours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeth I. Kamil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Wakin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guide to a variety of witty, informative walking tours in New York City\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether you're a tourist or a native New Yorker, you will appreciate this witty, informative walking guide to New York City, as authors Seth Kamil and Eric Wakin peel back the layers of New York's most popular neighborhoods. Here in one volume are their award-winning tours. In their Immigrant New York tour you can take a walk on the Bowery, the most infamous street in the city and learn how the city's finest roadway became America's Skid Row. In Before Stonewall you'll discover the many facets of gay and lesbian history and trace the development of Greenwich Village as a cultural mecca. From SoHo to the Upper West Side; from Harlem to Brooklyn there's something in \u003cb\u003eThe Big Onion Guide\u003c\/b\u003e for everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The authors show how it was nothing new when Mayor Giuliani was unable to ban sales by immigrant mobile food vendors. \u003cb\u003eThe Guide\u003c\/b\u003e takes us to the place where the Dutch tried to ban street side sales by Scottish peddlers 350 years ago, and where the great Fiorello La Guardia banned most of the pushcart salesmen at midcentury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Kamil and Wakin are not nostalgists or preservationists. Instead, their historical tours connect today's city with the snapshots of yesterday, blending social and cultural history with the evolution of different ethnic and cultural communities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Big Onion Guide\u003c\/b\u003e includes ten walking tours, plus a 5-borough driving tour, peppered with informative sidebars, illustrations, and photos from the collection at the New-York Historical Society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit the Big Onion Guide to New York City site at \u003cb\u003ewww.nyupress.org\/bigonion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.74 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130535612551,"sku":"9780814747483","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/903d446cc663690844334390de3d1485.webp?v=1732611699","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-big-onion-guide-to-new-york-city-ten-historic-tours-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}