POP CULTURE - NEW YORK CITY - The Ultimate Location Finder
by Bob Egan of PopSpotsNYC.com
with Maps by Jim Egan
THE BOOK WITH OVER 120 NEIGHBORHOOD MAPS SHOWING THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF 1000's OF FAMOUS POP CULTURE SPOTS ACROSS THE CITY (with addresses and cross-streets following), including:
1) MOVIES AND TV LOCATIONS and BROADWAY THEATERS
2) MUSIC (Music Venues; Album Cover Locations; Legendary Jazz Clubs)
3) CELEBRITY RESIDENCES
4) LITERARY LANDMARKS ( including Bookstores)
5) COMIC BOOK SUPERHERO LOCATIONS
6) FAMOUS NYC BUILDINGS, SCULPTURES, AND PAINTINGS
7) NEW YORK and U.S. HISTORY
8) SPORTS (Famous NYC Sports Stars; Legendary Stadiums: Where to Play)
9) MUSEUMS, TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, and TOURS (to come)
10) OFFBEAT RESTAURANTS, BARS, STORES, and THINGS TO SEE AND DO
11) COOL PLACES FOR KIDS
SAMPLE: "Movies set in Greenwich VIllage":
The book is called POP CULTURE - NEW YORK CITY: THE ULTIMATE LOCATION FINDER and is published by (Applause Books /Hal Leonard Publications) .
The back cover . . . (Click on photo to enlarge it, then use back arrow to get back)
The table of contents . . . (Click on photo to enlarge it, then use back arrow to get back)
The book is available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Target.com and in New York CIty bookstores.
The reviews are in!
Meanwhile, The New York TImes said it was "bursting with maps". . . .
NOTE: This website was the working manuscript for the book version, so there might be slight variations in the text - and misspellings. On the plus side, there are also some additional chapters here, most involving pictures, which could not fit into the book.
THESE 17 CHAPTERS MAKE UP THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BOOK.
Several chapters have extensive photographs or artwork that are not in the book. When walking around the city, it's far easier to use the printed guidebook, but this way all the facts and maps are available for you to refer to 24/7 by smart-phone or computer.
• Includes:
• NYC film poster locations
• TV Sitcom Locations
• Cult TV Show Locations
• Where to See Live TV Shows
• 300 Best Loved Movies Filmed in NYC (Click for list)
2) 41 BROADWAY THEATERS &
30 CONCERT HALLS
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• A list of Broadway theaters by number of seats,
with facts about each
• A list of NYC Concert Halls by number of seats
• Includes:
• Ten Legendary 1950's- 1990's Comedy Clubs:
Their heydays and who they helped launch
into Pop Culture fame
4) 175 NYC MUSIC VENUE LANDMARKS
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• Folk, Rock, Punk, Disco, and Hip-Hop Clubs
and Concert Halls from the 1950's to the 1990's
• Famous Recording Studios and their Hits
5) 125 NYC RECORD ALBUM
COVER LOCATIONS
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• Folk, Rock, Punk, New Wave, Disco, Hip Hop,
and Showtunes
• List of Used Vinyl Record and CD Stores (Click for list)
• Includes:
• Maps of former 52ND STREET, HARLEM &
GREENWICH VILLAGE jazz clubs
• Over 80 historic photos of many clubs
and musicians
• Includes:
• TV, Movie, and Rock Stars
• Addresses of the celebrities (alphabetical) (Click for list)
• Includes:
• Scene Locations, Iconic Novels by Neighborhood,
and Famous Writer's Addresses
• The 100
Most Notable NYC Novels (Click for list)
• The 25 Most Notable NYC Children's,
and Young Adult Books (Click for list)
• List of over 250 New, Used, and Specialty NYC Bookstores (Click for list)
9) 90 COMIC BOOK & MOVIE
SUPERHEROES LOCATIONS
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• Where the superheroes live and work
• Famous scene locations
• NYC Comic Book Stores (Click for list)
10) 200 ICONIC NYC BUILDINGS
and PUBLIC SCULPTURES
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• Skyscrapers, Bridges, Parks, Historical Buildings
and Celebrated, Eclectic, and Cool Sculptures
• The 100 Most Iconic NYC Buildings (Click for list)
• The 100 Most Iconic NYC Sculptures (Click for list)
• Includes:
• Where the paintings were painted
• A webpage of over 75 large images of the
paintings located on the maps.
on the maps (Click for webpage of images)
• Where famous artists and photographers
lived (Click for list of addresses)
12) 30 NYC SPORTS LEGENDS'
RESIDENCES
(Click for maps)
and
25 LEGENDARY SPORTS STADIUMS
(Click for maps and list)
• Includes:
• NYC's Professional Sports Teams
• Official NYC Sports Clothing and Memoribilia Stores
• 50 Places to Play Sports in New York CIty (Click for list)
• 25 Top Pop Cultural Moments in NYC
Sports History (Click for list)
13) 50 SPOTS OF NYC HISTORY in
POP CULTURE
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• Where famous photographs were taken
• Mob locations, Death Scenes, Inventions, Hotels,
U.S. Presidents, Ethnic, Women's and Gay History
locations
• Neighborhoods (i.e. Soho) and Historical Trade
Districts (i.e. the Flower District.)
• 35 NYC Tech Company Locations (Click for map)
14) 50 NYC TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
and MUSEUMS
(Click for list)
• Includes:
• The Top Free Sights by Neighborhood and
The Top Attractions with Admission Fees
• The Top 13 Most-Visited Museums and
67 other Specialty Museums by Subject (Click for list)
• A List of Museums that are either Always Free,
Free on Special Nights, or Pay-What-You-Wish
(Click for list)
15) 75 UNIQUE and OFFBEAT NYC PLACES
(Click for maps)
• Includes:
• Random places and trivia for NYC walkers
• Unique & Offbeat Stores (Click for list).
• Unique & Offbeat Restaurants and Bars (Click for list).
• Offbeat Annual Events (Click for list).
16) 60 NYC PLACES FOR KIDS AND TEENS
(Click for list)
• Includes:
• Cool, fun, and interesting places to take
kids and teens
17) SITE SOURCES AND LINKS
• List of Sources (Click for list)
ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND BOOK:
No doubt about it, New York City is the pop culture capital of the world. And for good reason. Movies, TV shows, iconic photographs, works of literature, landmark buildings, amazing sculptures, and historic cultural events: they all happen here.
While other NYC guides can get you to Central Park, they won't tell you where in the park to find the exact spots where over a hundred of your favorite movies were filmed or dozens of famous album covers were shot. That's why every pop-culture-loving explorer needs a copy of this one-of-a-kind treasure map to all the famous places you've heard or read about over the years.
Ready to explore? The website and book features a multitude of maps and addresses to thousands of locations where some of the greatest moments in pop culture took place, The Pop Culture Lover's Guide to New York City (and the book "Pop Culture New York City: The Ultimate Location Finder ") will lead you to:
• The locations of classic films like Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Godfather, and popular TV shows such as Friends and Gossip Girl *
Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly looks into Tiffany's wIndow at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th street in 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's.
• Buildings where hundreds of celebrities live, including Celebrity Row along Central Park West *
• The epicenters of cultural revolutions like the Studio 54 nightclub and the Stonewall Inn
• Hundreds of iconic buildings and sculptures you can see, mosly for free, and so much more!
So whether you like movies, TV, theater, music, sports, comics, video games, or literature this website and book will take you on an exhilarating, not-to-be-forgotten adventure!
ABOUT BOB EGAN
Bob Egan is the founder of PopSpotsNYC.com, a popular website detailing the successful searches for the long-lost locations of hundreds of rock and roll album cover and movie scene locations.
Having been referred to as the "Sherlock Holmes of Pop Culture," Mr. Egan and PopSpots have been profiled
in magazines and online articles throughout the world. He has been the host of several Sony Records promotional videos for Bob Dylan and Billy Joel box-set collections
Mr. Egan is an author, editor, lecturer, and researcher. He has lived all over Manhattan and currently lives in Queens.
Bob and PopSpots in the New York Post
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