Walking Manhattan - by Ellen Levitt (Paperback)

About the Book

The popular, easy-to-use format of the Walking series readily lends itself to exploring Manhattan. Each of the 30 walking tours includes a lively overview of the route, highlighted points of interest, a full-color map, and professional photography.

Book Synopsis

Walking Manhattan by Ellen Levitt is written with many people in mind: the tourists who have never before visited Manhattan as well as those returning to New York City; the residents who want to ramble through parts of Gotham with which they are less familiar; the "I've seen it all" New Yorker who is willing to consult a new source and find "new" sights and sounds that interest them. Readers can pick and choose how and where they investigate Manhattan by consulting this new guide.

This guidebook will help readers to appreciate more fully the author's selection of unique things to see and experience throughout Manhattan. It points out the many beautiful and intriguing sights; the history to be learned; the joyful as well as sad aspects of Manhattan life throughout the years. Landmarks and parks, schools and eateries, art and sport, big and bold sites as well as modest and small; Walking Manhattan can introduce you to them all.

About the Author

ELLEN LEVITT is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, New York, who has written for such publications as The New York Times, the New York Daily News, and New York Teacher. She is also the author of the three books in the series The Lost Synagogues of New York City (Avotaynu). A graduate of Barnard College, she has conducted walking, bus, and bicycling tours of New York City and is a veteran public-school teacher.