Automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville [[electronic resource] ] : excavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure / / David Freeland
| Automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville [[electronic resource] ] : excavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure / / David Freeland |
| Autore | Freeland David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina | 974.7/104 |
| Soggetto topico |
Historic buildings - New York (State) - New York
Theaters - New York (State) - New York - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Yorks
ghosts lively look nightlife |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2854-5
0-8147-2789-1 1-4416-2292-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Round for the Old Atlantic. -- 2 Chinatown Theater. -- 3 A Roof with a View. -- 4 Caretakers of Second Avenue. -- 5 If You Can Make ’Em Cry. -- 6 Tenderloin Winners and Losers. -- 7 A Theater of Our Own. -- 8 Rise and Fall of the Original Swing Street. -- 9 The Strike Invisible. -- 10 Last Dance at the Orpheum. -- 11 Nights of Gladness. (Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe) -- Epilogue -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778329803321 |
Freeland David
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2009 | ||
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Boulevard of dreams [[electronic resource] ] : heady times, heartbreak, and hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx / / Constance Rosenblum
| Boulevard of dreams [[electronic resource] ] : heady times, heartbreak, and hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx / / Constance Rosenblum |
| Autore | Rosenblum Constance |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 974.7/275 |
| Soggetto topico | Jews - New York (State) - New York - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Yorks
evocative iconic portrait streets |
| ISBN | 0-8147-7740-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “A Drive of Extraordinary Delightfulness” -- 2 “Get a New Resident for the Bronx” -- 3 “I Was Living in ‘a Modern Building’” -- 4 “Something That Everybody Had in Awe” -- 5 “An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams” -- 6 “By the Waters of the Grand Concourse” -- 7 The Grand Concourse of the Imagination -- 8 “The Borough of Abandonment” -- 9 Who Killed the Concourse? -- 10 “Bends in the Road” -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780976003321 |
Rosenblum Constance
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2009 | ||
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