Tenements, towers & trash : an unconventional illustrated history of New York City
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Tenements, towers & trash : an unconventional illustrated history of New York City
- Andere titel:
- Tenements, towers and trash
Unconventional illustrated history of New York City - Jaar:
- 2017
- Onderwerp:
- Tekenkunst: Karikaturen. Humoristische tekeningen. Cartoons. Stripverhalen. Beeldverhaal. Graphic novel
Wertz, Julia
Nonfiction graphic novels
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Nonfiction
HISTORY Social History
HISTORY 20th Century
HISTORY 21st Century
HISTORY State & Local Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Wertz, Julia
New York - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2017]
- Plaatsnummer:
- 741.5 / WERTZ J. / 2017 (Kunstenbibliotheek)
- ISBN:
- 9780316501217
0316501212 - Paginering:
- 282 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm.
- Editie:
- First edition.
- Samenvatting:
- After the New York World's Fair -- Greenpoint then & now -- The great pinball prohibition -- East Village then & now -- The Hess Spite Triangle -- Greenwich Village & the West Village then & now -- C.O. Bigelow Apothecary: New York City's oldest pharmacy -- Historic apothecaries then & now -- From horses to electric cars: a history of street cleaning in New York City -- Times Square then & now -- Madame Restell: the despised abortionist of 5th Avenue -- A biased guide to New York City's independent bookstores -- Music venues of the 1970's then & now -- The lost history of Kim's Video -- Cigar stores on Broadway then & now -- Vintage trash & horse bones: the origins of Bottle Beach -- Harlem nightclubs then & now -- Nellie Bly: the intrepid journalist -- Holdout buildings of New York City -- The history of New York City's pneumatic tubes -- Art deco doors of Manhattan -- Made in New York -- Bed-Stuy then & now -- The complicated and unfinished history of Ray's Pizza --^, Snack carts, delivery bikes, and food trucks of New York City, 1800's to today -- In the drink: what's really in New York City's tap water -- Brooklyn theaters then & now -- An incomplete* guide to New York City real estate -- Micro-living: real estate's biggest scam -- Williamsburg & Bushwick then & new -- Staten Island's trash trouble -- Staten Island's boat graveyard -- Theaters of Staten Island then & now -- The ambiguous origins of New York City's famous egg cream -- New York City hotel keys of yore -- Carroll Gardens then & now -- A brief history of New York City's subway system -- Historic subway entrances -- Vintage & current subway etiquette ads -- Six types of forced physical contact on a New York City subway -- Secrets of the Astor Place subway station -- The oldest bars in New York City -- Hidden bars of New York City -- New York City bars then & now -- Typhoid Mary: the infectious cook -- Business signs of yore & today -- A truncated history of The Village Voice --^, Bronx theaters then & now -- New York City's oldest bakeries still open today -- Bakeries of New York City then & now -- Lizzie Halliday: the forgotten serial killer arsonist -- Neighborhood shopping & dining then & now -- Vanishing New York CIty -- The long walk.
- Nota:
- boek
- Permalink:
- https://cageweb.be/catalog/kub01:000729742
