Sam Roberts (Author) Sam Roberts has written for the New York Times since 1983, where he has served as urban affairs correspondent since 2005. He is the author of numerous books on New York City, including Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America and A History of New York in 101 Objects.Pete Hamill (Foreword By) Pete Hamill, a Meyer Berger Award¿winning journalist, is the author of many bestsellers, including A Drinking Life and Forever.

Foreword by Pete Hamill xiPreface to the Fordham University Press Edition xvIntroduction 1Only in New YorkThe Biggest Apple 7The (How) Big Apple? 9A Streetlight Named Desire 11Fighting Words 14Go Figure 17Park No Cars 19Where the Boys Are 22To the Wind 25Birds of a Feather 28Where America Begins 31A Nose for News 33Fat City 36Alfred E. Newsman 39Angels in America 42Black Like Me 44Who Counts Most? 47Baseball¿s Greatest Hit 50Scoop 52What¿s That Sound? 55Sit Tight 57Knowledge of Wealth 60North by Northwest 63Christmas in New York 65What Has Four Wheels . . . ? 67An Open- and- Shut Case 70Eat Your Heart Out 73New YorkersA Place to Die For 79The Best Policy 82Survivor 85Being There 88No More Bull 91Pay as You Go 94Crimes of the Century 97Articles of Faith 100American Gangster 103A Satisfying Life 106Court of Public Opinion 109The Mayor¿s Man 112New York¿s Wild West Side 115Dynasty 118Hymie, We Hardly Knew Ye 121Nowhere to Go But Up 124History LessonsLost and Founded 129The Summer of Sam 131The Little Steamboat That Could 134Work Is a Four-Letter Word 136What Drives Us 139Election Lore 142Evacuation Day 145The First Thanksgiving 148Don¿t Settle for Less 1519/11 153Dutch Treats 156Washington Squared 159Turnstile Justice 162The Green Book 165Thanks for the Lift 168The Latest Poop 171Let Them Eat Their Words 174Four- Star Finale 177Home, Sweet Home 179Just the Other Day . . . 182Tusk, Tusk 185For the Record 188The Blizzard of ¿06 191The Melting Metaphor 193My New YorkHail Tilden High 199Making It 202The Apartment 205The Other Summer of Sam 207The Final Confession 210Taking the Boy Out of Brooklyn 213Something to Crow About 215Please Don¿t Stop the Presses 218An Affair of the Heart 221Next 224Seen on the Subway 227Brownsville 230Obamäs New York 233Acknowledgments 237