Four Streets and a Square

I would recommend this to a student doing a project on NYC but if they wanted to read an interesting book, I wouldn't because this is a slog through everything but the kitchen sink. Mr. Aronson covers the history from indigenous people to present day very thoroughly with plenty of visual supplementation like maps and photots; there is also bonus content to be accessed online. But it is a large heavy tome and what I would describe as an intellectual exercise rather than a good read.

A big thank you to Candlewick Press for sending me an advance copy to review.