{"product_id":"tenements-towers-trash-julia-wertz-9780316501217","title":"Tenements, Towers \u0026 Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2017! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is New York, \u003cb\u003eas you've never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTenements, Towers \u0026amp; Trash, \u003c\/i\u003e Julia Wertz takes us \u003ci\u003ebehind\u003c\/i\u003e the New York that you think you know. Not the tourist's New York-the Statue of Liberty makes a brief appearance and the Empire State Building not at all-but the guts, the underbelly, of this city that never sleeps. With drawings and comics in her signature style, Wertz regales us with streetscapes \"Then and Now\" and little-known tales, such as the lost history of Kim's Video, the complicated and unresolved business of Ray's Pizza, the vintage trash and horse bones that litter the shore of Brooklyn's Bottle Beach, the ludicrous pinball prohibition, Staten Island's secret abandoned boatyard, and the hair-raising legend of the infamous abortionist of Fifth Avenue, Madame Restell. From bars, bakeries, and bookstores to food carts, street cleaners, and apartments both cramped and grand, \u003ci\u003eTenements, Towers \u0026amp; Trash\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild ride in a time machine taxi from the present day city to bygone days of yore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Wertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316501212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316501217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Dog \u0026amp; Leventhal Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.10h x 9.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2017 pg. 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2017 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2017","brand":"Julia Wertz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049409442047,"sku":"9780316501217","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9bc549a-b2c2-42ed-ba32-faaaa42d2319.jpg?v=1685001417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tenements-towers-trash-julia-wertz-9780316501217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}