The Intimate City

“‘The Intimate City’ is a joyful miscellany of people seeing things in the urban landscape, the streets alive with remembrances and ideas even when those streets are relatively empty of people.”—Robert Sullivan, New York Times Book Review

“A surprisingly uplifting time capsule and a new kind of love letter to the city seen through the eyes of those who know it intimately.”—Good Housekeeping

“New York City comes alive in this scintillating collection of conversations between New York Times architecture critic Kimmelman … An enchanting and lyrical montage of an ever-evolving city.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A rich tapestry of architecture, urban living, and civic resilience … Throughout, the author and his guides never lose sight of the people who live and work in these communities. Fascinating historical facts abound … An important book for readers interested in understanding New York through its architecture.” —Kirkus

Michael Kimmelman is the architecture critic of The New York Times. He previously served as the paper’s chief art critic and created the Abroad column from Berlin, reporting on politics and culture across Europe and the Middle East. He has covered stories in over forty countries and is the founder of Headway, a nonprofit journalistic initiative focused on global challenges and paths to progress. A native New Yorker, Kimmelman is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the author of The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa and Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre and Elsewhere.

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