Matthew Spady

The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot

Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Audubon Park's journey from farm to cityscape

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780823289424
• ISBN-10: 0823289427
• Artikelnr.: 58602289

Autorenporträt

Matthew Spady is the creator of the virtual walking tour AudubonParkNY.com and curator for AudubonParkPerspectives.org, a news site that reflects on the constant intersection of past and present in a vibrant and historic neighborhood. He was a leader in the decade-long community effort that culminated in the Audubon Park Historic District.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
A Word About Names
Chapter 1
Triumph and Tribulation on White Street
Chapter 2
The Land Before It Was Minnie's
Chapter 3
Arcadia Found . . .
Chapter 4
. . . and Too Quickly Lost
Chapter 5
Audubon Park Begins to Bloom
Chapter 6
Fruit Basket Turnover
Chapter 7
Audubon Park's New Power Brokers
Chapter 8
The Hemlocks
Chapter 9
Three Widows, Three Households
Chapter 10
Reconstructing the Park
Chapter 11
A Gilded Lily
Chapter 12
Panic
Chapter 13
Halcyon Days
Chapter 14
Waning Days of Summer
Chapter 15
Exit Strategy
Chapter 16
Partition Suit
Chapter 17
Clinging to the Past . . .
Chapter 18
. . . and Facing the Future
Chapter 19
Rapid Transit, Rapid Transformation
Chapter 20
When the Bloom Faded
Postscript
Bibliography
Acknowledgements