Title: Mayor watching and other pleasures
First published: 1958
Description: Writings from the New Yorker from longtime staff writer Philip Hamburger. Selections include a profile of NY mayor Robert Wagner. Also included is an essay on Gracie Mansion and it's occupants from about 1938 to 1950. Hamburger apparently lived directly across from the mansion--the official home of NYC mayors. 

Also in the volume are long profiles of Oscar Hammerstein II and  Arturo Toscanini. 

Hamburger has a relaxed writing style that hold up well.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Mayors, Biography
Places: New York (N.Y.), New York (State), New York
People: Oscar Hammerstein II, Robert Wagner, Fiorello LaGuardia, Sloan Simpson, Robert Dwyer, Arturo Toscanini
Time periods: 1938-1950
LC classification: F128.25 .H3