Downtown New York
About This Novel
"If the sidewalks of New York could talk, it would sound like Pete Hamill." Pete Hamill is considered by many to be the "incarnation" of the city. He is a son of the streets of Brooklyn, the last generation of legendary print journalists in New York, and a hallowed columnist. "Downtown New York" is a reminiscence full of personal emotions and an objective account unique to documentary literature. In the book, Hamill wanders Manhattan-from the winding, bohemian streets of Greenwich Village, to the seedy alleys of the Meatpacking District, to the weathered cobblestones of the South Street Seaport-as he unfolds layers of New York history before readers' eyes, revealing the city's past, present, and future. This is not only a history or a record, but also an elegy for the city written by a native New Yorker who lived through some of the most historic moments in New York's development and always calls this majestic and eventful city his favorite city in the world.
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