The Waterfront

I recently finished The Waterfront by Philip Lopate. This can be added with Rats to the list of books that I've read that seem to be about one thing but end up being more about the history of New York City. This is not an inherently bad thing, actually. I had never read Lopate before, a well-known essayist, and while his style was occasionally cloying, it was a somewhat dense, yet ultimately fulfilling read.