AnintimateportraitoftheBigAppleAsachildgrowingupinManhattan,WilliamHelmreichplayedagamewithhisfathercalled“LastStop.“Theywouldpickasubwayline,rideittoitsfinaldestination,andexploretheneighborhood.Decadeslater,hisloveforexploringthecitywasasstrongasever.Puttinghisfeettothetest,hedecidedthattheonlywaytotrulyunderstandNewYorkwastowalkvirtuallyeveryblockofallfiveboroughs--anastonishing6,000miles.HisjourneytookhimtoeverycornerofManhattan,Brooklyn,Queens,theBronx,andStatenIsland.HelmreichspokewithhundredsofNewYorkersfromeverypartoftheglobeandallwalksoflife.HefindsthattobeaNewYorkeristostruggletounderstandtheplaceandtomakealifethatisashighlylocalasitisdynamicallycosmopolitan.Trulyunforgettable,TheNewYorkNobodyKnowswillforeverchangehowyouviewtheworld’sgreatestcity.
