Four streets and a square : a history of Manhattan and the New York idea / Marc Aronson.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "A veteran nonfiction storyteller dives deep into the four-hundred-year history of Manhattan to map the island's unexpected intersections. Focusing on the evolution of four streets and a square (Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, and Union Square) Marc Aronson explores how new ideas and forms of art evolved from social blending"--Amazon.
    • Content Notes:
      Creating the city: Wall Street 1600-1800 -- Building the city: Union Square 1800-1890 -- The City Electric: 42nd Street 1900-1920s -- Difference: West 4th Street, 125th Street 1900-1930s -- The city sufferers: Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, Union Square 1930-1945 -- World city, fractured city, world city: 42nd Street, West 4th Street, Union Square, Wall Street, 125th Street 1945-present.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-417) and index.
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    • Other Titles:
      4 streets & a square.
    • ISBN:
      9780763651374
      0763651370
    • Accession Number:
      1288578563
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1122274