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For those who thought they knew New York City well, the city that never sleeps continues to abound with unusual and secret places that are well worth a visit. This beautiful, hardback atlas is guaranteed to delight and inspire.


 

New York City – a secret atlas is a glorious celebration of all that is unusual and undiscovered in this magnificent city.

Welcome to this richly detailed and beautifully illustrated compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre places to be discovered in New York; a treasure trove for those who love to dig beneath the surface and explore the secret and unusual locations.

Guaranteed to delight and inspire, here you can:

• Admire an apocalyptic pillar at the entrance to a church
• Relax in secret gardens gardens
• Find the bullet holes outside the J.P. Morgan bank
• Observe the stars through a university telescope
• Find a statue of Lenin Lenin
• Fly your skirt in the same place as Marilyn Monroe
• Explore an earth-filled room
• Discover a gigantic Venetian palace above an ancient stable
• Visit an island whose independence was proclaimed from a canoe in 2004
• Locate the “pig” in St. Patrick's Cathedral
• Discover where Washington's last tooth is kept

New York City is full of iconic sites. But if you’re more interested in the unusual and unfamiliar, turn to the Secret Atlas of New York to uncover your new favourite location through this sumptuously illustrated guide. An ideal gift for the New York afficionado in your life.

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