A review by psteve
Downtown: My Manhattan by Pete Hamill

3.0

Good read if you are taking a trip to Manhattan. Hamill takes you from the tip of Manhattan up to about Times Square, with plenty of history of the city along the way, describing lots of buildings that are still there, as well as those that are gone, with lots of personal history as well. Good stuff, and a good source of places to stop and visit, some that you may miss otherwise. As the book goes on, it seems to be more of a list than the details that were present early, with lots of name dropping. Still, the personal history and those names were pretty fascinating. A good, fast read.