Not for Tourists 2008 Guide to New York City (Not for Tourists: New York City) | 
| Creator: Not For Tourists
Publisher: Not for Tourists
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1950
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 443
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 097939452X
Dewey Decimal Number: 912.7471
EAN: 9780979394522
ASIN: 097939452X
Publication Date: October 17, 2007
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Book Description
Designed for local residents or intrepid visitors who want to take full advantage of all the city has to offer, the Not For Tourists Guide to New York City features a perspective that is one-of-a-kind. With its portable format, contemporary design, highly graphical maps, wealth of listings and neighborhood commentaries, this guide is sure to turn you into a local expert. Updates in the 2008 edition include: cross-streets added to every single listing, closing times added to restaurant listings, new pages on Riverside Park, Hudson River Park, the Museum of Natural History, and the United Nations, a scale added to every map, and completely updated listings for every neighborhood.
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 This is what you need when you move to a new city May 10, 2008
I purchased this for both NYC and Brooklyn and it's been a life saver. This book tells you where to find the things you need when you live in a city. Laundrymat? Banks? Coffee shop where the locals hang out? History and maps of the neighborhoods? It's all here. Also very small and easy to carry with you. One of my friends who visited for a week, prefered to carry this over the traditional guide books, due to the size.
very handy May 3, 2008
I wouldn't recommend this for a first time traveler to NYC as the maps can be a little difficult to follow (broken up into smaller neighborhoods). It was handy to have in our backpack because it had almost every restaurant that we could think of listed in it, along with their phone numbers, address, time they were open to, and a brief comment on the food there (including which places to avoid). If you're from out of town and need to find the nearest branch of your local bank, it's in there. If you're looking for a coffee shop other than Starbucks, it's in there.
 Not For Tourists; 2008 Guide to New York City May 2, 2008
Best guide for business person traveling to City on business. The longer there or more travel in area the better the value. Not for the tourist.
I like it April 27, 2008
Ordered for my apartment hunting in NYC, will use it late May.
So far nothing to complain. This booklet is likable by look and usable by content, including all information I could need when walking around the city (shops, banks, theaters, landmarks, schools, libraries, gyms, transportation, you name it). I don't know why some others would complain it's not easy to use, but I will try it out soon by myself.
 Stylish, but not very functional April 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll admit that what drew me to this guide was it's overall design and size: it's compact, dense with information,and laid out in a visually pleasing style. First and foremost, however, a travel guide should be easy to use, and while this book labels itself as "Not for Tourists", it is a travel guide. And here's the thing: it has no unified index. There are several sub indexes spread throughout the book, but you have to find them first, then look for your item. Ugh. Not what you want to do while standing on a street corner.
In order to fit maps into the small page format, a neighborhood can be represented by 4 pages of virtually identical maps dense with visually similar icons showing types of stores, services, transport. etc. Again, not easy to use on the move.
Maybe I can't complain- they did say right on the front: "Not for Tourists", but I advise you to take their word for it. It really isn't useful for the traveler, and I can't say whether it would be useful for a resident.
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