Walking Through New York City's Past

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 3, 2017

This interview is a rebroadcast that originally aired on on May 1, 2017.

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Justin Davidson joins us to discuss his book, Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York. Davidson's book explores the history and variety of New York City's architectural landscape. The book includes walking tours, maps, photographs and insights from the minds that helped design, shape and build the city.

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