Chicago Not for Tourists
Chicago Not for Tourists
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Not for Tourists guidebooks are map-based, neighbourhood by neighbourhood guides designed to lighten the load of already street-savvy residents, commuters, business travellers, and yes, tourists too.
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Chicago Not for Tourists by Not For Tourists
Not for Tourists Guide to Chicago 2010, half anti-guidebook, half urban manual, is the ultimate little black book. Packing it all in and revealing where to get the best pizza, find charming architecture, catch a movie, find the best nightlife, or simply where to head for the best view of the Chicago city skyline. Whether you've called Chicago your home for decades or just arrived last night, you ignore at your peril this new 2010 edition with its caustic neighbourhood summaries and refreshing, politically incorrect descriptions. Meticulously researched and written by folks who actually live here, NFT presents the city along with its good, its bad and its downright hideous. In over 400 pages of glorious content, the pocket-sized survival handbook features simply everywhere, from The Loop and Prairie Shores to Logan Square and East Lakeview, as well as covering Parks, Colleges & Universities, Sports, Transit, and Arts & Entertainment. Designed for street-savvy locals, commuters, business travellers, and yes, tourists, NFT Chicago includes a highly graphical map for every neighbourhood featured. User-friendly map icons highlight everything from coffee shops, supermarkets, liquor stores and libraries, to hardware stores, gas stations, gyms and pharmacies. So if you're meeting friends in an unfamiliar part of the city or find yourself off the beaten track, NFT is a must-have resource. But NFT doesn't waste your time by serving up five zillion options just because they're in a database: contributors have gone back to eat, drink, dance and shop their way through last year's listings to check that they're still worth knowing.
Take an A-Z, mix it with a Lonely Planet and throw in all the things a guide book should NEVER say and voila, you get the Not for Tourists Guide - The Observer a most useful book for visitors, full of imaginative advice on shops, sights and restaurants - and jampacked with invaluable maps- The Mail on Sunday The new must-have resource (the Yellow Pages are so over). - Chicago ...an answer to a prayer. - CBS Newsradio Survival handbooks for natives -- but they can be lifesavers for visitors as well. - Boston Globe It's not quite Lonely Planet, and it's not quite the Yellow Pages, but NFT may be their bastard child. - Toronto Star - the anti-guidebook. It empowers visitors - and locals - to make all their own decisions. - Toronto Star - for people who don't want to be seen carrying a guidebook. - The New Yorker - a series of guides designed to make you feel like a local. - CNN NFT books keep you from looking like that most loathed of public figures: the guy with the map. - Men's Journal - sleek, black, concise - - Men's Journal
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780981559131 |
| ISBN 10 | 0981559131 |
| Title | Chicago Not for Tourists |
| Author | Not For Tourists |
| Series | Not For Tourists |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Not for Tourists |
| Number of pages | 437 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |