Frommer's New York City 2008
Chapter One
The Best of the Big Apple
We New Yorkers have heard the proud refrain from local politicos many times: how
New York is better than ever. The FBI has rated New York as the safest big city in the
United States. It's cleaner than it ever was. The number of hotels, restaurants, and clubs
keeps growing and gets better every year. This rebirth has helped bring in over 44 million
tourists in 2006 and even more are projected in the next few years. Everything seems
rosy. Why then, are some of us worried about our city? With this boom, those of us
who have been here a long time and have seen the changes from a city in need to what
it is today, fret that this renaissance is one without character. We worry that with a
Starbucks on every corner and new, glass and steel condos sprouting like mushrooms
at the expense of an old favorite bookstore or our local Cuban/Chinese joi ... read full excerpt from Frommer's New York City 2008 ebook
