The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins

What a cool book. Arrived quickly and just as promised.

Anyone who loves NYC will love this book. The street names alway's made me think of their origins, Henry Moscow answered all of my questions...great book

No sizzle in this book. Images need some editing for better viewability. But the information was good. Better to find a copy in the library than buy this one for your own.

When people think of the street names of Manhattan, they probably think of the grid and its numbered roads. WRONG! Manhattan, especially the older neighborhoods from Houston Street south to the Battery, are filled with twisting little streets whose names resonate with Manhattan's history. This is where you'll find out why Houston Street is pronounced "HOW-ston". Where did Maiden Lane get its name from? Who was Barclay? This book will tell all. My only complaint (which prevented from giving this five stars) was with the binding: it cracked almost immediately upon opening and, right now, several pages are precariously clinging to the spine. Maybe it was only the batch that mine came out of which is so weak.Still this is a very informative book. If only it can tell me why New Yorkers pronounce Avenue of the Americas as "Sixth Avenue".

The first two streets I tried finding in the Henry Moscow book are nowhere to be found. Nor are they streets that would change names later on after the early 20th century. Very, very disappointed in the sloppy research of Moscow.

I love this book and bought it again as a present for a friend who, like me, is interested in New York City history. There is no fluff or filler here, just concise morsels of interesting information. This book is informative and fun!