The New York nobody knows : walking 6,000 miles in the city /
Helmreich, William B.
Introduction -- Selling hot dogs, planting flowers, and living the dream : the newcomers  -- Diners, love, exorcisms, and the Yankees : New York's communities  -- Dancing the bachata, playing bocci, and the Chinese Scholars' Garden : enjoying the city  -- Tar beaches, sidewalk carvings, Irish freedom fighters, and Superman : spaces in the Big Apple  -- From Washington Heights to Hudson Heights, from Soho to Soha : gentrification  -- Assimilation, identity, or something else : the future of ethnic New York  -- Conclusions  -- Notes -- Neighborhood glossary.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-436) and index.
Neighborhoods
Community life