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RESOURCES/REVIEWS Need more information? A moment's browsing could save you a lot of effort. Whether you're visiting for the weekend or moving here for good, this list will help. Although we can accept no responsibility for the performance of service providers, we have usually had direct positive experience of them; we listen carefully to feedback and make every effort to weed out the dodgy. Very occassionally we will slam something for offering poor service or bad advice but, generally, we simply omit the mediocre. Check back often and e-mail us suggestions! editor@nytab.com |
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Website:
dailycandy.com DailyCandy
could soon be your best friend, or so they say. Certainly a neighbor
with a healthy and revealing appetite for gossip on all things shopping-related.
A well researched confection, the site extracts the sweet stuff
from many local resources to bring you shopping scoops: what's new,
sample sales, clearances, bags of ideas and the general purchasing
poop. Sign up for their daily e-mail a month before coming to the
Big Apple to get into the swing of the thing. Well wriiten and nattily
illustrated. 
Website:
Brooklyn Bridge webpage.
The wooden walkway, high above the traffic and hawk-height above
the East River, is a treasure in plain view - one of New York's
best sightseeing bargains. There are those who have never walked
its boards or seen it up close who are, frankly, in love with the
Brooklyn Bridge. This link has great pictures and more facts than
even the besotted could ever pine for.
Book:
AIA (American Institute of Architects) Guide To New York City.
The only really serious guide to New York's architecture, it is
curmudgeonly and funny, opinionated and, for the most part, dead
on. If you, too, are archly into buildings, this book will be a
snug keystone. Three
Rivers Press. Available at most bookstores in New York.
Book:
A Brit's Guide To New York.
We declare an interest here: NYTAB's writers contribute a chapter
of 14 walking tours.
And they're pretty damn good. The book as a whole has been hailed
as user-friendly, that is to say, the guide helps you build your
days in the city logically - organize them to make the most of the
time available. Karen Marchbank, the author, has an easygoing style
that takes the tension out of discovering somewhere new. Foulsham
Publishing (UK). Available at Waterstones, WH Smith, many other
bookstores and, of course, from amazon.com
Book:
Zagat restaurant guide.
If you're moving here for any
length of time, get one. The quality of the listings is hotly debated:
descriptions are spun from readers comments and in some you can
certainly detect that spin. Occasionally, there are ommisions it
is difficult to explain, like Carmine's near the fish market which
has been around since the birth of the first lobster. But generally,
as a directory of telephone numbers and cross streets, it's indispensable.
It will also guide you as to whether it's the piggy bank or Citibank
you have to break into before leaving home.
Zagat
Survey. Available at most New York bookstores.
Book:
Zagat Downtown.
Poorly researched, hurriedly put together from recycled information
and therefore full of errors and ommisions. Zagat
Survey
Service:
OZ
moving and storage.
Moving
out? Changing hoods? We have heard many good reports and no bad
ones about this firm. We have ourselves used them twice for relocation
within New York City. They estimate time and labor carefully; stick
to that estimate; work hugely hard; use copious amounts of wrapping
materials to protect your possessions; do not nickel and dime you
for tape, paper and bubblewrap and they have the correct licenses
and insurance policies. You can't really give more praise than that.
Tel:
212-452-6683 or e-mail their estimator Lavi Brill:
Website:
Fiboro
bridges.
This
is a resource intended for local consumption (and consumptives).
It advocates better access for the city's pedestrians and cyclists
at the expense of blind car worship. But it also tells you where
you can bicycle and where you can walk. It has a calendar of rides
and walks, downloadable maps designed for the carless and carefree
and the lowdown on the city's bridges. So, rent a bike (Our free
guidebook, NYPages tells you where), start pumping and discover
some rarely appreciated views from New York's bridges. 
Website::
BrooklynX.
Seperated from New York, Brooklyn would still be the fourth largest
city in the US. Many a seasoned traveler takes some time out even
on a first trip to the Big Apple to sample this borough's delights.
On a second trip you really should get over the bridge and stroll
through the elegant Heights neighborhood, shop in the new bohemia
of Williamsburg, go for a meal in Little Russia after noting the
nostalgia and riding the rides of Coney Island. This is the site
you need to research your expedition or stay. It tells you what's
going on, it has links to accomodation options, lists guided tours
and (go to the site map and scroll down to Tourism) area descriptions
with highlights for self-guided tours. 
Weekly magazine:
Time
Out New York. It
is young but not idiotic. So, even though the over 40s may find
some of the features a little damp, everyone can benefit from Time
Out's listings. They're totally comprehensive, well organised and
come with often helpful thumbnail descriptions of the show/film/gallery
exhibition/sports event/club party and more. Because it comes out
every week (on Thursdays), you can swiftly shoe-horn yourself into
the current and relevant state of play.
Available at newstands throughout the city.
Service:
Houlihan
Lawrence Real Estate Agents in Westchester County.
The
towns and villages of Northern Westchester are a delight. Horse
country, rolling hills, rushing streams; you know the kind of thing.
The trouble is that that kind of thing just an hour north of demented
NYC leads to high prices. So, if you intend to buy into the idyll,
you are going to need some trustworthy and knowledgable help. Enter
Jenny Reid Marcus: She's lived in this area for 30 years and has
helped people buy and sell everything from grand estates to baby
clapboards leaning into the wind. She's straight forward, efficient
and can plug into Houlihan Lawrence's 22 other branches. 
Book:
International
Business in NYC: 2003 Directory.
It's what it sounds like: a country by country and alphabetical
listing of foreign firms in New York City. There are a couple of
snafus (oh, that cheeky Hinduja family snapping up a UK and an Indian
listing). But, on the whole, this product (a collaboration between
the division of the Mayor's Office concerned with all things foreign
and the Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch College)
will prove a useful tome for many researchers, jobseekers, fundraisers
and businessmen. Order by phone from CityStore Tel:
212-669-8246 or online at 
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