Brooklyn Heights: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb, Hardcover
de: Robert Furman
Publicat de: History Press Library Editions
Anunta-ma cand revine pe stoc!Settled in the 1600s, Brooklyn Heights is one of New York s most historic neighborhoods. Its strategic location overlooking the harbor proved instrumental during the Revolutionary War s Battle of Brooklyn. In the 1830s, steam ferries transformed it into America s first suburb, where abolitionism flourished and one of the largest Civil War Sanitary Fairs was held. Throughout the nineteenth century, wealthy philanthropists and entrepreneurs built high-styled Gothic Revival and Italianate homes and founded many landmark Brooklyn institutions. Though the neighborhood declined with the new century, it became a target of Robert Moses s urban renewal projects in the 1930s. Its designation as the city s first historic district saved Brooklyn Heights, and it has since blossomed into one of the city s most desirable neighborhoods.
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General | |
Anul | 2015 |
Autor | Robert Furman |
Cod de bare | 9781540213716 |
Editura | History Press Library Editions |
Dimensiuni | 229x153 |
ISBN | 1540213714 |
Limba | Engleza |
Pagini | 482 |
Format | Cartonata |