Introduction<br >At least a dozen times each week my office phone rings and the vo<br >on the other end plaintively asks, "Where can I find a terrific --<br >What follows is a request for shopping information on a myriad<br >things. Calls come from stylists, editors of other magazines, art dir<br >tors, reporters, TV prop people, presidents of corporations, reade<br >friends, and friends of friends. They know that as New York ma!<br >zine s "Best Bets" columnist (a position I ve held for the past n<br >years), I scout the city each week, trekking through unlikely neigh]:<br >hoods in search of the best, the newest, and the most original. W~<br >they call and ask where they can find such esoteric items as fenc<br >gloves, vintage toasters, deep-sea-diving gauges, Victorian stuff<br > spoons, Renaissance tiles, or a Spiro Agnew watch, I know just wh<br > to send them. And if they re looking for less-exotic items---a cutti<br > edge gown, a lamp with a Retro look, custom-made shirts, or a<br > bustier--I know where they can find the best of those, too. I cam~<br > realize that it isn t only tourists or visitors who need assistance<br > locating what they want among the riches this city--perhaps<br > world s greatest shopping capital--has to offer. Savvy New Yorl~<br > often need help, too.<br > This guidebook, then, is designed to fill that need. I will tell<br > where to shop for just about everything, from a medieval tapestry 1<br > vintage couture suit to a regulation dartboard to a tony dress, am<br > prices that range from inexpensive to costly. Although broad in<br > range, Shopping Manhattan is also highly specific. I ve suggested<br > actly what a reader is likely to find in each store, and since shops<br > exhaustively cross-indexed, readers can quickly locate just<br > they re looking for. There are forty-nine main categories, from aq<br > games to umbrellas, and I ve covered approximately 000 stores.<br > Things change very rapidly in this city, and a store s stock va<br > each season. Yet what remains constant is the character, quality,<br > . ot~,lo ~ m~rrhar~di~e a sho~ handles. Therefore the specific items tt<br >
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