{"product_id":"tenements-towers-trash-julia-wertz-9780316582339","title":"Tenements, Towers \u0026 Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City","description":"\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere is New York, as you've never seen it before! Acclaimed cartoonist Julia Wertz regales us with her triumphant, entertaining, and side-splittingly funny illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, the guts, and the little known charms (and horrors) of the greatest city in the world. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTenements, Towers \u0026amp; Trash, \u003c\/i\u003e Julia Wertz takes us behind, underneath, around, and into 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 0316582336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316582339\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 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Julia Wertz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526718509311,"sku":"9780316582339","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8862b93-9d42-4ef2-a748-27b8f84e208f.jpg?v=1737556966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tenements-towers-trash-julia-wertz-9780316582339","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}