NEW YORK’S UNIQUE & UNEXPECTED PLACES by Judith Stonehill & Alexandra Stonehill
Idlewild Books
12 West 19th St.
Wednesday, October 21, free, 7:00 (RSVP to events@idlewildbooks.com)
212-414-8888
www.idlewildbooks.com
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What city would you be in if your sightseeing agenda included the Garden of Stones, the Italian American Museum, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, the Elevated Acre, Tender Buttons, the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Poets House, the Irish Hunger Memorial, and the Alice Austen House Museum? In NEW YORK’S UNIQUE & UNEXPECTED PLACES (Universe, November 2009, $24.95), Judith Stonehill takes readers on a tour of some of the Big Apple’s lesser-known treasures, small gems that even the most tried-and-true New Yorkers might not have ever been to (although regular twi-ny readers will be familiar with many of these fifty destinations). In her introduction, Stonehill writes that the book “is written for urban ramblers who want to explore fascinating but less familiar sites in the city.” Each location gets between two and four pages of history, photographs (by Alexandra Stonehill, Judith’s daughter), and descriptions, including a map, telephone number, and web address. Among the other stops the Stonehills make are the High Line, Wave Hill, the Museum at Eldridge Street, Russ & Daughters, Film Forum, Dyckman Farmhouse, and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. (The book also has a short, rambling foreword by Ethan Hawke.) On October 21, Judith Stonehill will be at one of New York’s unique and unexpected places, Idlewild Books, to celebrate the book’s release.