an illustrated history Lockwood, Charles 1948-2012 creator Ciccone, Patrick W. editor text nyu 2014 monographic eng

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xxi, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. "This fascinating chronicle traces New York City's growth from Wall Street at the end of the Revolutionary War to Harlem at the turn of the twentieth century. Documenting the frantic construction and speculative frenzy that swept through Manhattan in the nineteenth century, it explores the development of the city's landmark neighborhoods as the rural landscape of Upper Manhattan gave way street by street to today's fashionable residential and commercial districts. Compiled from newspaper archives and richly illustrated with historic images, Manhattan Moves Uptown reveals bygone days when Greenwich Village was a real village and Midtown was a cluster of shacks surrounded by garbage dumps and slaughter houses. The rise of Union Square, Murray Hill, Broadway, the Upper West Side, and other well-known areas are recounted, along with trends ranging from the first luxury department store to the earliest tenement houses. A captivating account of metropolitan flux and expansion, this book offers memorable historic views of one of the nation's richest, most powerful, and most exciting cities"-- Charles Lockwood ; foreword to the Dover edition by Patrick W. Ciccone. "An unabridged republication of the work originally published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, in 1976"--Title page verso. Includes index. n-us-ny City and town life New York (State) New York History City planning New York (State) New York History Planificación urbana Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Social change New York (State) New York History Cambio social Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Neighborhoods New York (State) New York History Barrios Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Historia Architecture New York (State) New York History Arquitectura Nueva York (Estado) Real property New York (State) New York History Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) History Manhattan (Nueva York, Estados Unidos) Historia Manhattan (Nueva York, Estados Unidos) Edificios, estructuras, etc New York (N.Y.) History Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Historia 002 F 128.3 L817m 2014 974.7/1 9780486781204 (paperback) 0486781208 (paperback) 2014018576 DLC 140530 20250429103705.0 18172694 eng