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Author Talk: William B. Helmreich & Reporter Kirk Semple

Helmreich_NewYork.thumbnailWhat stories do the streets of New York have to tell? William B. Helmreich, himself a native of the city, decided to try and answer that question.

Feeling that the only way to truly know New York was to walk it, William set out to do just that: every borough, block by block. Over the course of four years and 6,000 miles, he traveled virtually every block of New York City on foot and talked to dozens of the city’s residents, from the unknown (a museum guard, a Guyanese immigrant in Queens) to the famous (Ed Koch, Michael Bloomberg). What emerges is a portrait of the city like no other–part travelogue, part social history–and completely New York.

William will present The New York That Nobody Knows and chat with Kirk Semple, who reports on immigration and the changes demographics of New York City for The New York Times.

Buy a copy of The New York Nobody Knows or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at The Strand, located at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.











When: Tue., Jan. 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: $15 Strand gift card, or buy the book
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Helmreich_NewYork.thumbnailWhat stories do the streets of New York have to tell? William B. Helmreich, himself a native of the city, decided to try and answer that question.

Feeling that the only way to truly know New York was to walk it, William set out to do just that: every borough, block by block. Over the course of four years and 6,000 miles, he traveled virtually every block of New York City on foot and talked to dozens of the city’s residents, from the unknown (a museum guard, a Guyanese immigrant in Queens) to the famous (Ed Koch, Michael Bloomberg). What emerges is a portrait of the city like no other–part travelogue, part social history–and completely New York.

William will present The New York That Nobody Knows and chat with Kirk Semple, who reports on immigration and the changes demographics of New York City for The New York Times.

Buy a copy of The New York Nobody Knows or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at The Strand, located at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.

Buy tickets/get more info now