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minty's review against another edition
5.0
Years ago a friend and I walked the length of Broadway (in 3 separate outings). We started at the top and worked our way down, the opposite direction of the book, but I'm pleased that we noticed many of these highlights. (even went into the Dyckman farmhouse, our only diversion like that.)
chesuheruzu's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This book was very fascinating and does a decent job at covering New York history. It’s a Gotham lite essentially
miamickut's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. Excellent history on Broadway. Some stories I found interesting, others very dull. The ending was a bit off topic. It’s such a vast book that it skips over a great deal but I’m not sure what to expect on that front. Overall, I enjoyed it and learned A LOT about the history of New York.
bookbelle5_17's review against another edition
4.0
The history of the infamous American city that is the home of American Theatre, immigration, shopping, and a lot famous figures, like Poe and Hamilton, in history. The book takes us from the early days of New York City before electricity up to early 20th century and ends with the author implying that Broadway never ends.
Reading this work was fascinating illustration of the history of a city and state that I have visited a few times, even wanted to live for a while, but never really explored. When visiting the goal is to see a show and maybe do some shopping, but New York has so much more to offer. Leadon organizes it mile by mile covering the important developments that happened each mile, but makes the timeline a bit scattered and difficult to follow as he jumps around in time. There's at least one street map in each mile, which does give you an idea of the street. Each mile has photographs throughout, but not many, that show you important moments that were talked about in his book. If you love NYC you would probably enjoy this sum up of the history of the development of the famous city.
Reading this work was fascinating illustration of the history of a city and state that I have visited a few times, even wanted to live for a while, but never really explored. When visiting the goal is to see a show and maybe do some shopping, but New York has so much more to offer. Leadon organizes it mile by mile covering the important developments that happened each mile, but makes the timeline a bit scattered and difficult to follow as he jumps around in time. There's at least one street map in each mile, which does give you an idea of the street. Each mile has photographs throughout, but not many, that show you important moments that were talked about in his book. If you love NYC you would probably enjoy this sum up of the history of the development of the famous city.
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