Lost New York

# Lost New York × PDF Read by * Marcia Reiss eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Lost New York Coney Islands Dreamland—destroyed by fire in 1911, Metropolitan Opera House—demolished in 1967, Moondance Diner—moved to Wyoming in 2007. A celebration of the cherished parts of New York that are no longer. The New York landmarks remembered here include Coney Islands Elephant Colossus, an elephant-shaped hotel rumored to be a brothel and destroyed by fire in 1896; the Manhattan Beach Hotel; South Street Seaport; Stanford Whites M

Lost New York

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Rating : 4.25 (882 Votes)
Asin : 1862059357
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 144 Pages
Publish Date : 2013-09-07
Language : English

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Coney Island's Dreamland—destroyed by fire in 1911, Metropolitan Opera House—demolished in 1967, Moondance Diner—moved to Wyoming in 2007. A celebration of the cherished parts of New York that are no longer. The New York landmarks remembered here include Coney Island's "Elephant Colossus," an elephant-shaped hotel rumored to be a brothel and destroyed by fire in 1896; the Manhattan Beach Hotel; South Street Seaport; Stanford White's Madison Square Garden; the Vanderbilt, Tiffany, and Astor mansions; Central Park's elevated railway; the first Waldorf Astoria Hotel; the 1939 World's Fair site; Manhattan Train Terminal on Brooklyn Bridge; Ebbet's Field—home of the Brooklyn Dodgers; and the Polo Grounds—home of the NY Giants baseball team. This collection celebrates old theaters and hotels that have burned or been razed, vanished ferry buildings, removed-from-service trolley cars, classic art deco diners, and the demolition that sparked a strong preservation movement in the city: Pennsylvania Station.

"like the old madison Square garden" according to Snagglepuss. This is a book you will proudly display on your coffee table. It has memories of old building torn down all over new york, like the old madison Square garden, the hippodrome,central park casino,Luchows restaurant. It describes each in detail and tells you exactly when they were demolished. What actually made me really excited about buying this book were the amazing old photographs of all these places. For the photos alone its worth the price of a. "Fascinating view of a New York long gone" according to Divascribe. I found this book to be an amazing tour through architecture that made New York great many years ago, from the original Grand Central Station and Metropolitan Opera house to Coney Island in its heyday. Each item shows one or more photographs of the building or attraction and describes its history, with a short sidebar on why it was eventually torn down and what it was replaced with. I gave this book to a family member who grew up near New York Ci. S. Somers said Invisible History of a Lost New York. Lost New York is a book for those who love New York City, architecture, or the history, in black and white, of buildings we cannot visit anymore. Like Penn Station, pictured on the cover, these grand old structures became victims of time and the wrecking ball. They were built in an age of careful detail, from keystones atop grand windows to gargoyles and grotesques. Along with public buildings, homes of the fabulously rich are included: a Vanderb

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