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| New York City |
| Looking for a tour of New York City?: Contact Robert I'm not available? Contact: GANYC |
Walk up an avenue or across a street in Manhattan: http://home.nyc.rr.com/jkn/nysonglines |
For residents (and fans) of Brooklyn: http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/ |
| For celebrity tours and gossip about those people paying the truly outrageous rents: www.richandfamoustours.com. This is a new company launched by veteran guides Jim Dykes and Mike Brennan. |
If you work in midtown: www.midtownlunch.com |
For basic stats on skyscrapers in the city (and world): New York Skyscrapers |
| A great site for users of Manhattan, aptly named: Manhattan User's Guide |
| A fantastic site with varied and interesting NYC-related forums: Ask A New Yorker |
| Want a professional photo taken of your group while in town?: Group Photos |
| A site for architectural images and building information: nyc-architecture |
| A fantastic site for the palimpsest that is NYC: forgottenny |
| Get a daily dose of up-to-the-minute info about New York or your own city: dailycandy |
| If you like the magazine, you'll love the web site: New York Magazine |
| Another must-read for New Yorkers: New York Observer |
| And one more, going strong for decades: The Village Voice |
| Maps, hotels, theaters, etc: nyc.com |
| The official sites for the NYC Parks Department: NYC Dept. of Parks and Rec |
| The Landmarks Preservation Commission: Landmarks Preservation |
| The New York Public Library: NYPL |
| A Web site on one of midtown's great neighborhoods: Hell's Kitchen |
| A Yale reproduction of the Riis classic: How the Other Half Lives |
| Historic Districts Council: HDC |
| The Historic House Trust: Historic House Trust |
| Landmarks Preservation Commission: LPC |
| Photos of NYC from the early 20th Century: HistoryInPhotos.com |
| New York History: NewYorkHistoryInfo |
| Skyscraper Museum: Skyscraper.org |
| A Guide to Former Street Names in New York City: OldStreets.com |
| Advocating for Places in NYC that Preserve History and Sustain Culture: PlaceMatters.net |
| JFK Airport Hotel Map offers great rates on over 50 hotels near JFK Airport. All hotels offer a generous savings off of regular hotel rack rates. |
Writers: |
You can track all sorts of books and authors at my publisher's site: www.harpercollins.com. CLICK HERE for direct access to my page on that site. CLICK HERE for my myspace page. |
| Hillary Carlip: www.queenoftheoddballs.com |
| Bryan Charles: www.noslander.com |
| Charlie Huston: www.pulpnoir.com |
| Josh Kilmer-Purcell: www.iamnotmyselfthesedays.com |
| Martin Moran: www.thetrickypartbook.com |
| Malcolm Gladwell: www.gladwell.com |
| Grant Stoddard : www.grantstoddard.com |
| Ellis Avery: www.ellisavery.com |
| Martin Hyatt: www.martinhyatt.net |
| Literary Blogs and Web sites: |
| Jeff Yamaguchi: www.bookmouth.com |
| Harper Perennial: www.olivereader.com |
| n+1: www.nplusonemag.com |
| The Believer: www.believermag.com |
| The Cruelest Month: www.cruelestmonth.com |
| The Elegant Variation: www.marksarvas.blogs.com |
| Book Ninja: www.bookninja.com |
| Slate: www.slate.com |
| Chekhov's Mistress: www.chekhovsmistress.com |
| LitPark: www.litpark.com |
| Fresh Yarn, an online salon for personal essays: freshyarn.com |
| Galley Cat: www.mediabistro.com/galleycat |
| The Written Nerd: www.writtennerd.blogspot.com |
| The Literary Saloon: http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/ |
| Book Slut: www.bookslut.com |
| Museums, Galleries, the Visual Arts |
| Taylor Spence: www.taylorwyoming.com |
| Sal Randolph: salrandolph.com |
| Colin Winterbottom's photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge with the Twin Towers hung above my desk while writing Suspension: www.winterbottom.com |
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