LEADER 04441nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910808628603321 005 20230207231108.0 010 $a0-8147-7740-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814777404 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007953 035 $a(EBL)865908 035 $a(OCoLC)779828295 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483083 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11310849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483083 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10529366 035 $a(PQKB)11322848 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865908 035 $a(OCoLC)646885636 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10402 035 $a(DE-B1597)547632 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814777404 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865908 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354080 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007953 100 $a20090316d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBoulevard of dreams$b[electronic resource] $eheady times, heartbreak, and hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx /$fConstance Rosenblum 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-7724-4 311 $a0-8147-7608-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 ?A Drive of Extraordinary Delightfulness? --$t2 ?Get a New Resident for the Bronx? --$t3 ?I Was Living in ?a Modern Building?? --$t4 ?Something That Everybody Had in Awe? --$t5 ?An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams? --$t6 ?By the Waters of the Grand Concourse? --$t7 The Grand Concourse of the Imagination --$t8 ?The Borough of Abandonment? --$t9 Who Killed the Concourse? --$t10 ?Bends in the Road? --$tSources --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aStretching over four miles through the center of the West Bronx, the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, known simply as the Grand Concourse, has gracefully served as silent witness to the changing face of the Bronx, and New York City, for a century. Now, a New York Times editor brings to life the street in all its raucous glory. Designed by a French engineer in the late nineteenth century to echo the elegance and grandeur of the Champs Elysées in Paris, the Concourse was nearly twenty years in the making and celebrates its centennial in November 2009. Over that century it has truly been a boulevard of dreams for various upwardly mobile immigrant and ethnic groups, yet it has also seen the darker side of the American dream. Constance Rosenblum unearths the colorful history of this grand street and its interlinked neighborhoods. With a seasoned journalist?s eye for detail, she paints an evocative portrait of the Concourse through compelling life stories and historical vignettes. The story of the creation and transformation of the Grand Concourse is the story of New York?and America?writ large, and Rosenblum examines the Grand Concourse from its earliest days to the blighted 1960's and 1970's right up to the current period of renewal. Beautifully illustrated with a treasure trove of historical photographs, the vivid world of the Grand Concourse comes alive?from Yankee Stadium to the unparalleled collection of Art Deco apartments to the palatial Loew?s Paradise movie theater. An enthralling story of the creation of an iconic street, an examination of the forces that transformed it, and a moving portrait of those who called it home, Boulevard of Dreams is a must read for anyone interested in the rich history of New York and the twentieth-century American city. 606 $aJews$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 607 $aGrand Concourse (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory 607 $aBronx (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory 607 $aBronx (New York, N.Y.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aBronx (New York, N.Y.)$xSocial life and customs 610 $aYorks. 610 $aevocative. 610 $aiconic. 610 $aportrait. 610 $astreets. 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 676 $a974.7/275 700 $aRosenblum$b Constance$01605100 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808628603321 996 $aBoulevard of dreams$94111436 997 $aUNINA