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Popular and portable, The New York Mapguide-now in its second edition-contains everything visitors need to know to enjoy themselves in, get the best out of, and find their way around New York City. Its colorful, informative maps are easy to read and convenient to handle-no unfolding necessary. As terrific as the easily readable maps are, however, there is much more here. Packed into these 64 pages is a surprising amount of information about the many different sights and activities to see and do in and around the Big Apple.

• A complete map of the Manhattan subway system
• A calendar of events, including major activities, dates and locations of parades and marches, park events, and music festivals
• Information on museums-including a full page devoted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Fascinating facts about places of interest, from the Brooklyn Bridge to Times Square
• Sections devoted to shopping, services, and entertainment
• Newly-added information about the Bronx and Brooklyn
• Three walking tours-the Financial District, the Lower East Side, and Greenwich Village.
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Globe Pequot's Short Bike Rides "TM" series offers delightful short and moderate tours for all levels of cyclists Each ride profile includes precise directions, excellent road maps, and vivid descriptions of the points of interest along the way. Also featured is "comfort" information -- the location of restaurants, bathroom facilities, and attractions located along the route. "Day-trippers should check this series -- some revised -- some new editions -- of Short Bike Rides..". -- Self.
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The #1 bestselling title in City & Company history with 40,000 copies sold! Beyond the surface noise and chaos is a quiet New York of tranquility and blessed silence. NEW YORK’S 50 BEST PLACES TO FIND PEACE AND QUIET, takes the reader to 50 oases of serenity around the city—from gardens to spas, meditation centers to wildlife refuges—each a revitalizing place of calm amidst the daily bustle and grind of urban life. "If you’re at wit’s end and frantic for tranquility, relax…you can buy [this] sweet little book." The New York Times..
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A nostalgic tour of the area and its magnificent architecture, complete with rare and vintage photographs, On Fifth Avenue: Then and Now is a book that evokes a long-gone, but not forgotten era in the history of New York. Wist is the director of land use review at the New York City Department of City Planning. Photographs throughout..
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This completely revised and updated edition of Marilyn Wood's acclaimed weekend guide offers a host of getaways for harried New Yorkers, in the Hamptons, the Berkshires, southern Vermont, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, the Hudson Valley, the Litchfield Hills, and more. You'll find detailed reviews of more than 400 country inns, B&Bs, and other special places to stay, plus the region's best dining, with recommendations for everything from romantic candlelit dinners to picnics and Sunday brunch. Also included are details on the region's attractions, festivals, and activities. It's everything you could need to relax, rejuvenate, and unwind—and it's all within easy reach of the city!.
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This completely updated guidebook details the Adirondack's history, comforts, and amenities, giving both visitors and residents the most comprehensive guide to this vast region..
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This handy pocket atlas is fully street indexed and shows all U.S., State, and Interstate Highways, the Meadowlands Sports Complex, hospitals, parks, schools, cemeteries, golf courses and Country Clubs, railroad routes and other points of interest in the area..
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