Some loom on the horizon and some run underground, but each of these places sacred to the city gets its due in this very civil mix of memoir and anthropological study. Writer and photographer Scheff brings out the grandeur (and the slight silliness) of the Empire State Building, Central Park and the Rockefeller Center, as expected, but also carefully considers such New York institutions as the Waldorf Astoria, yellow taxis, FAO Schwartz, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the blend of time and space, as in New Year's Eve in Time Square and sunrise over the Brooklyn Bridge. He stirs up new and old memories of Shea Stadium, Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Library, bagels, and the newspapers, and offers a respectful and moving description of Ground Zero from an insider's point of view. The result can be enjoyed from an armchair or on foot in the city. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less