LEADER 04652nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910454900803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-2854-5 010 $a0-8147-2789-1 010 $a1-4416-2292-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814728543 035 $a(CKB)1000000000789190 035 $a(OCoLC)443273400 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10327049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000107973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135224 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10015709 035 $a(PQKB)11100767 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865450 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10828 035 $a(DE-B1597)548582 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814728543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865450 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10327049 035 $a(OCoLC)819603259 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000789190 100 $a20090223d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAutomats, taxi dances, and vaudeville$b[electronic resource] $eexcavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure /$fDavid Freeland 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8147-2762-X 311 $a0-8147-2763-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 A Round for the Old Atlantic. --$t2 Chinatown Theater. --$t3 A Roof with a View. --$t4 Caretakers of Second Avenue. --$t5 If You Can Make ?Em Cry. --$t6 Tenderloin Winners and Losers. --$t7 A Theater of Our Own. --$t8 Rise and Fall of the Original Swing Street. --$t9 The Strike Invisible. --$t10 Last Dance at the Orpheum. --$t11 Nights of Gladness. (Billy Rose?s Diamond Horseshoe) --$tEpilogue --$tA Note on Sources --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aWinner of the Publication Award for Popular Culture and Entertainment for 2009 from the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America Named to Pop Matters list of the Best Books of 2009 (Non-fiction)From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn't called "the city that never sleeps" for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries, lindy hopping in 1930's Harlem, voguing in 1980's Chelsea, and refueling at all-night diners and bars. The slim island at the mouth of the Hudson River is packed with places of leisure and entertainment, but Manhattan's infamously fast pace of change means that many of these beautifully constructed and incredibly ornate buildings have disappeared, and with them a rich and ribald history. Yet with David Freeland as a guide, it's possible to uncover skeletons of New York's lost monuments to its nightlife. With a keen eye for architectural detail, Freeland opens doors, climbs onto rooftops, and gazes down alleyways to reveal several of the remaining hidden gems of Manhattan's nineteenth- and twentieth-century entertainment industry. From the Atlantic Garden German beer hall in present-day Chinatown to the city's first motion picture studio?Union Square's American Mutoscope and Biograph Company?to the Lincoln Theater in Harlem, Freeland situates each building within its historical and social context, bringing to life an old New York that took its diversions seriously. Freeland reminds us that the buildings that serve as architectural guideposts to yesteryear's recreations cannot be re-created?once destroyed they are gone forever. With condominiums and big box stores spreading over city blocks like wildfires, more and more of the Big Apple's legendary houses of mirth are being lost. By excavating the city's cultural history, this delightful book unearths some of the many mysteries that lurk around the corner and lets readers see the city in a whole new light. 606 $aHistoric buildings$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aTheaters$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xBuildings, structures, etc 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistoric buildings 615 0$aTheaters$xHistory. 676 $a974.7/104 700 $aFreeland$b David$01034557 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454900803321 996 $aAutomats, taxi dances, and vaudeville$92453771 997 $aUNINA