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63 Views On New York
Simon & Schuster
November 2009
On Sale: November 3, 2009
144 pages
ISBN: 1416569901
EAN: 9781416569909
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The book captures New York as seen through the eyes of New
Yorkers both famous and ordinary, whose particular window
views reveal a hidden perspective of the city—and of
themselves. As Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning
architecture critic for The New Yorker, writes in his
introduction, “[Pericoli] reveals…the personal connection
each of us has to the cityscape, and the way in which things
that are simply there, things that we did not create but
that we look at all the time, can have a profound effect on
our being.” In 63 drawings, Pericoli captures “window views”
of New York City, each image providing a unique perspective
on the cityscape. Views of notables include those of Mario
Batali, E.L. Doctorow, John Berendt, Richard Meier, David
Byrne, Nora Ephron, Stephen Colbert, Tom Wolfe, and Mikhail
Baryshnikov, among others. Accompanying each window view is
a comment provided by its “owner.” We all have quintessential images of New York City ingrained
in our minds—postcard shots of the Chrysler Building, the
Statue of Liberty, and the Manhattan skyline. These are
timeless images, yet they fail to capture what the city
looks like through the eyes of its inhabitants. “The City
Out My Window” reveals what New Yorkers see when they look
out their windows. Here is the city of their day-to-day,
their work lives, and their daydreams.
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