American Express commissioned some neighborhood tours with everybody's favorite NY guide Barry Lewis and Billie Cohen from TimeOut NY. She plays the David Hartman role with fun comments as he lectures and towards the end she talks about places to shop and eat. They seem to be sort of general chats about they neighborhoods and I found them a fun listen. Lewis just loves the city. The audio runs 15 minutes and is filled with neat factoids and I like the fact that it seems to have been recorded outside. I also like the fact that this is not a "tour" with any sort of walk this way or look at this element. They are really neighborhood chats you don't get a real "tour" as in walking block by block. I actually like this. On the iTunes version they've placed a very rudimentary map as the album art. In all they give you a great sense of place. A gmap would have been a great addition.
