Holdouts! The People Who Defied Developers and Re-shaped the Look of the Cityscape

Hi, New York City is a mesmerizing mix of buildings from wildly different periods, in wildly different architectural styles, from towering Art Deco skyscrapers to charming brownstones, and every sort of building in between. What is the story and the logic behind a city the author James Baldwin called, "spitefully incoherent. " I've spent decades studying, decoding, and deciphering New York's unique urban landscape from the Financial District to Central Park in order to tell a story of New York that's never been told. It's New York's own story as told through the built environment and answers the question: Why does New York City look the way it does? Between the Battery and Central Park are neighborhoods created by a slow-motion onslaught of brick and mortar, cast-iron, stone glass and steel that ran uptown through the middle of Manhattan. Left behind are the neighborhoods we know today as Museum Mile, the Fifth Avenue shopping district, Times Square, the Garment District and Herald Square, Murray Hill and the Empire State Building, Madison Square and the Flatiron Building, the Village and Union Square, NoHo and SoHo, Chinatown and the Lower East Side, Tribeca, and finally City Hall and the Financial District. Explore the different neighborhoods of New York and understand the sweeping histories that created a city unique in the history of the world. NYC Sightseeing Guide License #1278562-DCA Author of a NYC history blog. Bachelor of Science, History, Pace University, 1991 magna cum laude I am not a driver. I can accompany you in your vehicle or I can arrange for a separate car and driver.