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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick BunyanPublisher: Fordham University Press Imprint: Fordham University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780823231744ISBN 10: 0823231747 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 01 December 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews<br> The momentous, outrageous, and often bizarre events chronicled here remind us that the history of New York tells the history of our nation. Clearly, the author has had a long love affair with his adopted home, has investigated its colorful past, and has concluded that he must share this great . . . metropolis with all of us. - Leonard Kniffel<p><br> New York, that most fascinating of cities, has also, until very recent years, been the most vexingly self-destructive. In this valuable and impressively thorough historical guide, Patrick Bunyan brings together the vanished landmarks-Alfred Ely Beach's secretly-built subway, the superb Singer Building-with those that are still standing: the sedate, innocent-looking building where the ghastly Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire took place, 625 Madison A venue, where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis reporter for her first day's work at Viking Press in September 1977, and the Stonewall. Street by street, block by block, All Around the Town summon Author InformationPatrick Bunyan, a photo librarian, has researched New York City's renowned photography collections for the book's 150-plus rare and unique illustrations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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