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Author: Jan Morris Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195066647 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 288
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In Manhattan '45, one of the greatest contemporary prose stylists leads us down the gang plank with the returning GIs, and allows us to discover for ourselves the island of Manhattan as it was 45 years ago--from Hudson River ferryboats to the El, Harlem and the Lower East Side to the menu at the legendary Le Pavillon.
Author: Jan Morris Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195066647 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
In Manhattan '45, one of the greatest contemporary prose stylists leads us down the gang plank with the returning GIs, and allows us to discover for ourselves the island of Manhattan as it was 45 years ago--from Hudson River ferryboats to the El, Harlem and the Lower East Side to the menu at the legendary Le Pavillon.
Author: Jan Morris Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801859571 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
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She tours the tenements of Hell's Kitchen and the Gashouse district, as well as the Foundling Hospital, where the crushing realities of poverty belie the unchallenged exuberance of the age. Taking into account both Social Register and slum, Manhattan '45 celebrates New York's Golden Age as a time when, for one unrepeatable moment in history, anything seemed possible.
Author: Richard Berenholtz Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 264
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The result of more than three years' work, this elegant coffee-table book captures the essential New York: the historic, the modern, the glass, the stone--from its classic landmarks and elusive details to its surprising contrasts. 235 full-color photographs.
Author: Michael Sorkin Publisher: North Point Press ISBN: 0865477582 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 274
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Every morning, the architect and writer Michael Sorkin walks downtown from his Greenwich Village apartment through Washington Square to his Tribeca office. Sorkin isn't in a hurry, and he never ignores his surroundings. Instead, he pays careful, close attention. And in Twenty Minutes in Manhattan, he explains what he sees, what he imagines, what he knows—giving us extraordinary access to the layers of history, the feats of engineering and artistry, and the intense social drama that take place along a simple twenty-minute walk.
Author: Kara Murphy Schlichting Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022661316X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
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The history of New York City’s urban development often centers on titanic municipal figures like Robert Moses and on prominent inner Manhattan sites like Central Park. New York Recentered boldly shifts the focus to the city’s geographic edges—the coastlines and waterways—and to the small-time unelected locals who quietly shaped the modern city. Kara Murphy Schlichting details how the vernacular planning done by small businessmen and real estate operators, performed independently of large scale governmental efforts, refigured marginal locales like Flushing Meadows and the shores of Long Island Sound and the East River in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The result is a synthesis of planning history, environmental history, and urban history that recasts the story of New York as we know it.
Author: Betsy Bober Polivy Publisher: ISBN: 9780578947600 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Betsy Bober Polivy has been celebrating the side street businesses since 2011 when she began her journey across the original Manhattan grid - from 1st Street to 155th. Her first book, Walking Manhattan Sideways, was published during the pandemic in 2020. It shined a light on places that she discovered over her six years of criss-crossing the city from the East River to the Hudson.The flood of gratitude and appreciation for this book inspired her to begin working on another. There was no question that there was plenty more to showcase, but the true impetus was to highlight the hidden not-for-profits that she had happened upon as well as pay tribute to the arts on the side streets. This new title celebrates dance, museums, music and theater, while also drawing attention to many more scrumptious restaurants, splendid neighborhood bars, and one-of-a-kind shops.
Author: Jennifer Thermes Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1683356209 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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Told in dazzling maps and informative sidebars, Manhattan explores the 400+ year history of Manhattan Island. From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant metropolis that exists today, the island of Manhattan has always been a place of struggle, growth, and radical transformation. Humans, history, and natural events have shaped this tiny sliver of land for more than 400 years. In Manhattan, travel back in time to discover how a small rodent began an era of rapid change for the island. Learn about immigration, the slave trade, and the people who built New York City. See how a street plan projected the city’s future, and how epic fires and storms led to major feats of engineering above and below ground. Through dramatic illustrations, informative sidebars, and detailed maps inspired by historic archives, Manhattan explores the rich history that still draws people from all around the world to the island’s shores today. From The Battery downtown up to Inwood, every inch of the island has a story to tell.
Author: Jan Morris
Author: Jan Morris
Author: Jan Morris
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Author: Michael Sorkin
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Author: Jennifer Thermes