Race to the Sky

American Skyscrapers and New York becoming a premier world city in the early 20th century

Chrysler Building

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge - David McCullough

Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels Jill Jonnes

The Wall Street Crash of 1929

Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

City of dreams : the 400-year epic history of immigrant New York

Forgotten New York : views of a lost metropolis

The historical atlas of New York City : a visual celebration of 400 years of New York City's history by Homberger, Eric (maps and diagrams, good for boys)

Comic books, Superman; Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman

Henry Miller - Moloch

Gentile New York: The Images of Non-Jews among Jewish Immigrants - Gil Ribak

Emerging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, 1840-1920

Modernity and coffeehouse culture - A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture

Biography:

Robert Moses - The Power Broker

Alfred Kazin - Walker in the city