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Be fitted for a suit at Abraham Lincoln's haberdashery, visit the apothecary where Mark Twain filled his prescriptions, lunch at restaurants that once served Charles Dickens and Mae West. This guide directs you to the tobacconists, wine merchants, coffee roasters, jewelers, and pasta makers that have delighted New Yorkers and visitors alike for generations. Not only the romantic atmospheres of these living landmarks, but the superlative quality of the goods and services that they provide has allowed them to endure in a city of the most discriminating shoppers and diners in the world.

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Discover the bygone city of Mark Twain and Stanford White, Harry Houdini and Edith Wharton in the venerable shops and restaurants that have served discriminating New Yorkers for generations. Visit the tavern where George Washington bade farewell to his troops, the hat shop where Abe Lincoln traded in his backwoods cap for a more distinguished top hat, the Lower East side delis, the coffee merchants of Greenwich Village, the purveyors of riding boots, andirons, brass beds, and nautical charts. From the world-famous department stores to humble pasta makers, this volume is a charming and useful guide to the living landmarks of New York.

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Ellen Williams is the author of The Historic Restaurants of Paris, Picasso's Paris, and the award-winning The Impressionists' Paris. She edited Alexander Liberman's The Artist In his Studio and Keith Haring Journals. She was born in Greenwich Village, where she lives with her daughter. Steve Radlauer is the author or co-author of five books and numerous articles for a range of publications including New York magazine, Esquire, Spy, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times. He, too, is a native New Yorker.

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