Seen on the Subway

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface to the Fordham University Press Edition xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Only in New York
7. The Biggest Apple 7
8. The (How) Big Apple? 9
9. A Streetlight Named Desire 11
10. Fighting Words 14
11. Go Figure 17
12. Park No Cars 19
13. Where the Boys Are 22
14. To the Wind 25
15. Birds of a Feather 28
16. Where America Begins 31
17. A Nose for News 33
18. Fat City 36
19. Alfred E. Newsman 39
20. Angels in America 42
21. Black Like Me 44
22. Who Counts Most? 47
23. Baseball’s Greatest Hit 50
24. Scoop 52
25. What’s That Sound? 55
26. Sit Tight 57
27. Knowledge of Wealth 60
28. North by Northwest 63
29. Christmas in New York 65
30. What Has Four Wheels . . . ? 67
31. An Open- and- Shut Case 70
32. Eat Your Heart Out 73
33. New Yorkers
34. A Place to Die For 79
35. The Best Policy 82
36. Survivor 85
37. Being There 88
38. No More Bull 91
39. Pay as You Go 94
40. Crimes of the Century 97
41. Articles of Faith 100
42. American Gangster 103
43. A Satisfying Life 106
44. Court of Public Opinion 109
45. The Mayor’s Man 112
46. New York’s Wild West Side 115
47. Dynasty 118
48. Hymie, We Hardly Knew Ye 121
49. Nowhere to Go But Up 124
50. History Lessons
51. Lost and Founded 129
52. The Summer of Sam 131
53. The Little Steamboat That Could 134
54. Work Is a Four- Letter Word 136
55. What Drives Us 139
56. Election Lore 142
57. Evacuation Day 145
58. The First Thanksgiving 148
59. Don’t Settle for Less 151
60. 9 / 11 153
61. Dutch Treats 156
62. Washington Squared 159
63. Turnstile Justice 162
64. The Green Book 165
65. Thanks for the Lift 168
66. The Latest Poop 171
67. Let Them Eat Their Words 174
68. Four- Star Finale 177
69. Home, Sweet Home 179
70. Just the Other Day . . . 182
71. Tusk, Tusk 185
72. For the Record 188
73. The Blizzard of ’06 191
74. The Melting Metaphor 193
75. My New York
76. Hail Tilden High 199
77. Making It 202
78. The Apartment 205
79. The Other Summer of Sam 207
80. The Final Confession 210
81. Taking the Boy Out of Brooklyn 213
82. Something to Crow About 215
83. Please Don’t Stop the Presses 218
84. An Affair of the Heart 221
85. Next 224
86. Seen on the Subway 227
87. Brownsville 230
88. Obama’s New York 233
89. Acknowledgments 237