| Description |
xxviii, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255) and index. |
| Contents |
Chinatown, Chatham Square, and the Bowery. A round for the old Atlantic (The Atlantic Garden) ; Chinatown Theater (the 1893 Chinese Theater) -- Union Square and the East Village. A roof with a view (American Mutoscope Studio) ; Caretakers of Second Avenue (Hebrew Actors' Union) -- The Tenderloin. If you can make 'em cry (Tin Pan Alley) ; Tenderloin winners and losers (Shang Draper's Gambling House) -- Harlem. A theater of our own (The Lincoln Theater) ; Rise and fall of the original Swing Street (West 133rd Street) -- Times Square. The strike invisible (Horn & Hardart's original New York Automat) ; Last dance at the Orpheum (The Orpheum Dance Palace) ; Nights of gladness (Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe). |
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Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780814727621 cloth alkaline paper |
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081472762X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814727638 paperback alkaline paper |
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0814727638 paperback alkaline paper |
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