Dimensions
127 x 181 x 15mm
A unique celebration of New York, based on the hugely popular New York Magazine cover story. Features more than 50 remarkable New Yorkers recounting their first halcyon days in the big city, including:
The actress Lauren Hutton on jumping into a cab without a destination that first day in 1964 and saying the only New York place that came to mind: "Tiffany's!"
The artist Chuck Close on days and nights at Andy Warhol's nightclub in 1967
The chef Padma Lakshmi on arriving on Halloween night in 1974
The Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels on immediately buying what he deemed essential to wear in New York in 1975: a green corduroy jacket
The restaurateur Danny Meyer on arriving the night John Lennon was shot in 1980
The comedian Andy Samberg on shooting mice with a water gun in his first apartment in 1998
The actor James Franco on learning to take the subway in 2008
Plus original contributions from Liza Minnelli, Nora Ephron, Tom Wolfe, Parker Posey, Keith Hernandez, Diane von Furstenberg, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colum McCann, David Rakoff, Gary Shteyngart, Amy Sedaris and many more.
MY FIRST NEW YORK is as effervescent and alive as the city itself -- and it's the ideal gift for anyone who has ever loved New York as a resident, a tourist, or a dreamer.
