Highly recommended The Encyclopedia of New York City by Kenneth T. Jackson (Editor), New-York Historical Society Supervised by the New York Historical Society, this is an incredibly well written reference to New York with hundreds of illustrations and over 4,000 alphabetical entries. It's not only a fantastic source of information, but also a good read cover to cover! Manhattan in Maps: 1527-1995 by Paul E. Cohen, Robert T. Augustyn (Contributor) The Epic of New York City by Edward Robb Ellis, Jeanyee Wong (Illustrator)

The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History by Eric Homberger, Alice Hudson American Metropolis: A History of New York City by George J. Lankevich Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace New York: An Illustrated History by Ric Burns (Narrator), James Sanders (Editor), Lisa Ades

Underneath New York by Harry Granick, Robert E. Sullivan (Introduction) The Great New York City Trivia & Fact Book by B. Kim Taylor All Around the Town: Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities by Patrick Bunyan Our Town: Images and Stories from the Museum of the City of New York by Hilton Als (Editor), Louis Auchincloss, Arthur Gelb, Barbara Gelb

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