Acharmedcollectionofsomeofthebestessaysfromthewidely-known“City“sectionoftheNewYorkTimes“ThereareeightmillionstoriesintheNakedCity.“Thisfamouslinefromthe1948filmTheNakedCityhasbecomeanemblemofNewYorkCityitself.OnepublicationcultivatingmanyofNewYorkCity’sgreateststoriesistheCitysectioninTheNewYorkTimes.EachSunday,thissectionofTheNewYorkTimes,distributedonlyinpapersinthefiveboroughs,captivatesreaderswithtalesofpeopleandplacesthatmakethecityunique.Featuringacastofstellarwriters--PhillipLopate,VivianGornick,ThomasBellerandLauraShaineCunningham,amongothers--NewYorkStoriesbringssomeofthebestessaysfromtheCitysectiontoreadersaroundthecountry.NewYorkerscanlearnsomethingnewabouttheircity,whileotherreaderswillenjoytheflavoroftheBigApple.NewYorkStoriesprofilespeoplelikesixteen-year-oldBarbaraOtt,whosurfsthewatersoffRockawayinQueens,andSonnyPayne,thebelovedpanhandleroftheFtrain.Otheressaysexplorememorableplacesinthecity,fromtheGreenwichVillagetownhouseblownupbyradicalactivistsinthe1970stoabasketballcourtthatservesastheheartofitsDowntownneighborhood.ThefortyessayscollectedinNewYorkStoriesreflectanintimateunderstandingofthecity,onethatgoesbeyondtheheadlines.Theresultisapassionate,well-writtenportraitofalegendaryandever-evolvingplace.
