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1 online resource (298 pages) |
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Chinatown, Chatham Square, and the Bowery; 1 A Round for the Old Atlantic (The Atlantic Garden); 2 Chinatown Theater (The 1893 Chinese Theater); Part II. Union Square and the East Village; 3 A Roof with a View (American Mutoscope Studio); 4 Caretakers of Second Avenue (Hebrew Actors' Union); Part III. The Tenderloin; 5 If You Can Make 'Em Cry (Tin Pan Alley); 6 Tenderloin Winners and Losers (Shang Draper's Gambling House); Part IV. Harlem; 7 A Theater of Our Own (The Lincoln Theater) |
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8 Rise and Fall of the Original Swing Street (West 133rd Street)Part V. Times Square; 9 The Strike Invisible (Horn & Hardart's Original New York Automat); 10 Last Dance at the Orpheum (The Orpheum Dance Palace); 11 Nights of Gladness (Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe); Epilogue; A Note on Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author |
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Winner of the Publication Award for Popular Culture and Entertainment for 2009 from the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America. Named to Pop Matters list of the Best Books of 2009 (Non-fiction). From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn't called ""the city that never sleeps"" for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries, lindy hopping in 1930s Harlem, voguing in 1980s Chelsea, and refueling at all-night diners and bars. The slim island at the mouth of the Hudson River is packed w |
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Print version record |
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Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Buildings
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Historic buildings
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Manners and customs
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Theaters
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091434
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New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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New York (State) -- New York
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814728543 |
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0814728545 |
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