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Heaven on the Hudson : mansions, monuments, and marvels of Riverside Park /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Azzarone, Stephanie (Author)
Other Authors: Rodriguez, Robert F. (Photographer)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
Riverside Drive (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Riverside Drive (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
Architecture > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : My Riverside
  • In the Beginning : Into the Woods
  • Post-Civil War : Veterans and Visionaries
  • Olmsted's Plan : Parks for the People
  • Expansion : Up and Over
  • Getting Ready : Build It and They Will Come...Maybe
  • Monumental Change : The City Beautiful Movement
  • Custom of the City : Society Rules
  • The Pioneers : Marvelous Mansions and Ravishing Row Houses
  • Movin' On Up : The Rise of the Apartment House
  • Downhill Racing : Moses to the Rescue
  • Decline and Fall : Gritty City
  • Getting Better : The 1980s until Today
  • The Seductive Seventies
  • The Elegant Eighties
  • The Very Nice Nineties
  • The Happy Hundreds, Part 1 : 100th-116th Streets
  • The Happy Hundreds, Part 2 : 117th-129th Streets
  • The Rest
  • The Final Chapter : And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going.