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Lost Inwood

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 128 sider

Beskrivelse

Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood of Manhattan, has a rich yet little-known history. For centuries, the region remained practically unchanged--a quaint, country village known to early Dutch settlers as Tubby Hook. The subway's arrival in the early 1900s transformed the area, once scorned as "ten miles from a beefsteak," from farm to city virtually overnight. The same construction boom sparked an age of neighborhood self-discovery, when vestiges of the past--in the form of mastodon bones, arrowheads, colonial pottery, Revolutionary War cannonballs, and forgotten cemeteries--emerged from the earth. Waves of German, Irish, and Dominican immigrants subsequently produced a vibrant urban oasis with a big-city/small-town feel. Inwood has also been home to wealthy country estates, pre-integration sports arenas, and a lively waterfront culture. Famous residents have included NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Diaries author Jim Carroll, and Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal128
  • Udgivelsesdato25-02-2019
  • ISBN139781467102780
  • Forlag Arcadia Publishing (Sc)
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt362 g
  • Dybde1,2 cm
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    10 cm
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    15,2 cm
    22,6 cm

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