A cornucopia of NYC related links, bitches, links

I always find New York magazine's holiday guide pretty useful. A lot of the stuff and places they feature are outside my budget and tastes, but they're still good for finding little non-chain stores and gift ideas nonetheless. I especially like their rundown on Crosby St.

• Holidays In The City (New York Metro)

New York is just a wonderful city for photography, because the architecture is so distinctive, and while the city is always changing, there's always something that stays the same:

• This looks like a great book: New York : The Photo Atlas: An Aerial View of All Five Boroughs and More (via Curbed)


• Couple of great links to photo sites from Gothamist:
  Berenice Abbott: Changing New York: 1935-1938 (NY Public Library)
  New York Changing: Revisiting Bernice Abbott's New York by Douglas Levere

And I love movies set in NYC for the same reason. The city is invariably the other star:

• I recently watched Taxi Driver again - Travis Bickle's New York is like a whole different city, especially East Village, but you still get the same vibe, the juxtaposition of the underworld and high society, etc etc.
  See also: Clean-Up Comes True: The Vanishing New York of Taxi Driver (Village Voice)


• I love The Warriors mostly for its camp value, but like Taxi Driver, the crime-ridden, darker New York is the other star, with the action happening underground instead of on the streets and in Times Square theaters.
  Also: The Warriors To Be Remade (Gothamist)


• The great, twisted, Charlie Kauffman the city gives a sense of space in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: Pic turns N.Y. into 'Sunshine' state (Yahoo)

And finally,

• Best Bathrooms In NYC (Curbed)