Manhattan at Mid-century
An Oral History
Experience the mosaic of mid-century Manhattan in this exuberant oral history that begins in the post-World War II years when the city came into its own, and ends in the mid-1970s when it nearly went bust. This is the story of a time when great ocean liners were docked in the Hudson River ports, Checker cabs hurtled across a two-way Fifth Avenue, and the Third Avenue el cast long shadows onto the street below. There are recollections of Friday night boxing matches at the old Madison Square Garden, of peddling tunes in the heart of Tin Pan Alley at the Brill Building, of a Harlem that had a nightclub on every corner, and a SoHo that was saved…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Frommer, Harvey
- ISBN: 978-1-58979-905-9
- EAN: 9781589799059
- Produktnummer: 14801472
- Verlag: Taylor Trade Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.3 cm 463 g
- Abbildungen: 26 Halftones, black and white
- Gewicht: 463
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer met as undergraduates at New York University. The coauthors of five critically acclaimed oral histories, they are cultural historians with a focus on New York City. They are also professors in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth College. They live in Lyme, New Hampshire and Manhattan.
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