Boulevard of Dreams : Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.

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Stretching 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rosenblum, Constance
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Jews > New York (State) > New York > History.
Juifs > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Jews.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Grand Concourse (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bronx.
New York (State) > New York > Grand Concourse.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: A PROMENADE FOR THE BRONX; 1 "A Drive of Extraordinary Delightfulness"; 2 "Get a New Resident for the Bronx"; 3 "I Was Living in 'a Modern Building'"; II: THE GOLDEN GHETTO; 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; III: TO HELL AND BACK; 8 "The Borough of Abandonment"; 9 Who Killed the Concourse?; 10 "Bends in the Road"; Sources; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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