New York City: 129 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island (Paperback) by Evelyn Kanter

from Ganeshaka

I wish I had this book when I lived in NYC! The concept - peaceful places - is a great one, and the eleven subcategories of "places" are a balanced mix: Enchanting Walks, Spiritual Enclaves, Reading Rooms, Scenic Vistas, Shops and Services, Historic Sites etc. The formatting, an essential compone...

from andyray

i wonder why no one ever thought of this before. i love new york city with all its warts and blemishes, but due to various changes in my body, i would need somewhere to park my carcess enveloped by peace. of course, there has always been the churches and synogogues, but this well-edited, well-pro...

from Esta1923

for Early Reviewer Peaceful Places in New York City by Evelyn Kanter This 183-page compendium of "129 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island" perhaps serves more readers than the author envisioned. Yes, a visitor overwhelmed by the usual tourist rounds will we...

from LCB48

This a great book for anyone living in or visiting New York City. I'm not planning a visit at the moment, but I enjoyed reading about places I want to see some day. It is written with places in alphabetical order and relisted by area and category. Here are the categories to give you the flavor of...

from Ganeshaka

I wish I had this book when I lived in NYC! The concept - peaceful places - is a great one, and the eleven subcategories of "places" are a balanced mix: Enchanting Walks, Spiritual Enclaves, Reading Rooms, Scenic Vistas, Shops and Services, Historic Sites etc. The formatting, an essential compone...