This tweet put me on to the sociologist William Helmreich. The article linked to here can be read on the CityLab website. It appears that he has sadly died of the coronavirus,
In 2018, a walking guide was published, with some highlights from the Manhattan area, and other books followed. This is the book that started it all.
He is profiled in this piece here, describing his work.
Reading this makes me want to head back to New York and explore some of those neighbourhoods further out from the centre of Manhattan. I did some of that last Easter, but we tended to stay fairly central for most of the time as first-time visitors.
Also another video here
William Helmreich lived in New York and spent years visiting virtually every one of its city blocks.Sociologist William Helmreich has died of the coronavirus. "If I accomplish anything besides sociology," Helmreich said, "it's to encourage people to walk through what I call the greatest museum in the world." Read our 2013 story about him. #citylabarchive https://t.co/dZdzOFQImk— CityLab (@CityLab) March 30, 2020
In 2018, a walking guide was published, with some highlights from the Manhattan area, and other books followed. This is the book that started it all.
He is profiled in this piece here, describing his work.
Reading this makes me want to head back to New York and explore some of those neighbourhoods further out from the centre of Manhattan. I did some of that last Easter, but we tended to stay fairly central for most of the time as first-time visitors.
Also another video here
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