Description
Manhattan. The Upper West Side. Zip code 10024.
A memoir of the author's early life from the ages of seven to thirty, when he lived in this rarefied air. The true star of the story, a New York neighborhood undergoing radical transformation, since repeated by the city's other four boroughs.
Born in 1938, the author remembers city elements lost to development: the schools, restaurants, parks, playing fields, stores, and the buildings themselves. "Broadway" was a cobblestone boulevard with trolleys. Indian Walk Shoe Store had a fluoroscope x-ray machine that let you see your toes wiggle inside your shoes. Egg creams were universally available. Lincoln Center was a slum.
You will appreciate this and other details of a bygone era in this
entertaining recollection of the life and the social history of one of New York's most famous and influential neighborhoods.
Author: Richard Horwich
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Published: 12/14/2022
Pages: 322
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9781662932328
ISBN10: 1662932324
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
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