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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798958103321

Autore

Stewart Jules

Titolo

Gotham rising : New York in the 1930s / / Jules Stewart ; foreword by Amor Towles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2019

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-350-98664-X

1-78673-043-X

1-78672-043-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

974.71042

Soggetti

Nineteen thirties

History, 20th Century

Cities

Local Government

City Planning

New York (N.Y.) History 1898-1951

New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century

New York City

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Brother, can you spare a dime? -- The little flower and Goliath -- Trouble in the streets -- 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' -- All that jazz -- Gotham gets a facelift -- The thing about skyscrapers -- Seventy-seventh floor, please -- Anything you can do -- You're the top -- They all laughed at Rockefeller Center -- Village life -- Huddled masses yearning to breathe.

Sommario/riassunto

New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city's 400-year history. After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression



seemed to spell disaster for the vibrant city. Yet, in this era, New York underwent an architectural, economic, social and creative renaissance under the leadership of the charismatic mayor Fiorello La Guardia. After seizing power, he declared war on the mafia mobs running vast swathes of the city, attacked political corruption and kick-started the economy through a variety of construction and infrastructure projects --