The Best Book About New York You've Never Heard Of

The sad truth of living in New York is that you invariably arrived too late. Whether you were born here or landed the summer after graduation, it's hard to escape the suspicion that the eras preceding yours were more glorious, the stuff of revolution and legend, containing deep within them, like a coveted secret, the true essence of the city.

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