Loving features of New York

This is a book destined for coffee tables in Tribeca lofts, Upper West Side apartments and Brooklyn townhouses. With stoops.

Stoop is object No 40, in fact, in this book that needs no explanation beyond the title, A History of New York in 101 Objects.

Sam Roberts, the urban affairs correspondent at The New York Times, wrote a column two years ago highlighting 50 city-defining objects, but reader feedback inspired him to expand the list to the 101 featured here.