Speedology: Speed on New York on Speed - Softcover

Levitch, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893956296 ISBN 13: 9781893956292

Publisher: Context Books, 2002

Synopsis

Draws on Buddhism, Baudelaire, Marshall McLuhan, and the Marx Brothers to present a "state of mind" tour of Manhattan that considers the area as a portrait of humanity and an opportunity for personal understanding. Original.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In Speedology: Speed on New York on Speed, journalist Timothy Levitch presents an uncontrolled, sweeping portrait of Manhattan. (Levitch's bus tour of the city was the subject of a 1998 documentary film, The Cruise.) The eclectic mix of historical tidbits, inspirational quotes, guidebook-like descriptions and humorous commentary make for a sometimes frenetic but mostly entertaining book about the city Levitch calls "a great teacher bestowing life lessons upon a mostly slow-learning population." Atypical in format-Levitch uses various font styles and sizes-the book is divided into chapters on New York neighborhoods including SoHo, Midtown and the Lower East Side. While he conspicuously leaves out chapters on Chinatown or Little Italy, Levitch does offer fresh takes on much-written-about places, such as the Chrysler Building ("the semblance of a budding flower and a spaceship preparing for launch"), and other more obscure locales, such as Filene's Basement ("many of the women in Filene's Basement are masochists").
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About this edition

• Publisher: Context Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1893956296
• ISBN 13: 9781893956292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212