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"If those walls could talk...this is what they would say. A story about New York City. ""The Jewel of Staten Island""... Worlds Fairs... oysters... iron horses... aviation history... rattlesnakes... ""Burnham's Folly""... Leo Astor and Leo Lenox... the CCC... cast iron architecture... The Garden... the golden age of motoring... corned beef... fire watch towers... The Fourth estate... summer city halls... ""Andy Green's hobby""... the Armory Show... cathouses... ""theaters of nature""... illegal booze... co-ops... public hangings... lighthouses... ""the Golden Door""... Googie architecture... chorus lines... carousels... Dutch souvenirs... public bathhouses... landfills... This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time. The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make New York City uniquely the Big Apple. Who was the first New Yorker described in the newspapers as a millionaire? Solved. Where was the country's first public golf course? A mystery no more. What unlikely structure has the most solar panels in the city? Identified. Who was the only person elected unanimously to the Hall of Fame of Great Americans? Revealed. Who detonated the 1920 Wall Steet Bombing? No one knows. Imagine a group of settlers arriving in an undeveloped location. First come shelters in which to live and then structures in which to work and shop. There are buildings for worship and education. As the community grows government buildings are required. With prosperity comes places in which to spend leisure time. And each step along the way builds a story only New York City can call its own. A story told in 100 buildings. Almost all of the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, if you haven't seen these landmarks in person, fire up your GPS and get out and see the story of the Big Apple standing in plain sight on NYC streets!"

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