Tag: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby’s New York City, in ten different scenes, from the Queensboro Bridge to the Plaza Hotel

Post author By Greg Young
Post date May 7, 2013
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BOWERY BOYS BOOK OF THE MONTH Each month I’ll pick a book — either brand new or old, fiction or non-fiction — that offers an intriguing take on New York City history, something that uses history in a way that’s uniquely unconventional or exposes a previously unseen corner of our city’s complicated past. Then over the… Read More

Tags Bowery Boys Bookshelf, Central Park, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flushing-Meadows, Great Gatsby, The Plaza

The Great Gatsby’s New York City, in ten different scenes, from the Queensboro Bridge to the Plaza Hotel

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date May 7, 2013
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BOWERY BOYS BOOK OF THE MONTH The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I re-read The Great Gatsby a few weeks ago on purpose, not because I had a school assignment. Unlike my first experience with Gatsby at age 14, I actually read it, without the signposts of a Cliff’s Notes to tell me what… Read More

Tags Bowery Boys Bookshelf, Central Park, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flushing-Meadows, Great Gatsby, The Plaza