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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 cityβand of themselves. As Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for The New Yorker, writes in his introduction, β[Pericoli] revealsβ¦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.β In 63 drawings, Pericoli captures βwindow viewsβ 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 βowner.β We all have quintessential images of New York City ingrained in our mindsβpostcard 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. βThe City Out My Windowβ 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.
 Media BuzzCBS Sunday Morning - December 13, 2009
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