The Handy New York City Answer Book

Chris Barsanti

Description

The hustle. The bustle. The Big Apple, its people, history and culture!

New York is the largest city in the United States. This self-proclaimed capital of the world is known as a melting pot of immigrants, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Wall Street, Broadway, bridges, bodegas, restaurants, and museums. The “city that never sleeps” is bustling with people, cultural and sporting events, world-class shopping and high fashion, and other tourist attractions that draw in millions visitors from all over the world. The Handy New York City Answer Book explores the fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, taking an in-depth look at the city so nice, they named it twice.

Learn about the original Indigenous peoples, early Dutch settlers, the importance of the port, the population growth through immigration, the consolidation of the boroughs, the building of the subway system and modern skyline, and much, much more. Tour landmarks from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Rockefeller Center to the Stonewall Inn, and Central Park to the 9/11 Memorial. Learn about famous sons and daughters, including Woody Allen, Jay-Z, J.D. Salinger, and Donald Trump. The government, parks, and cultural institutions are all packed into this comprehensive guide to New York City. Find answers to more than 850 questions, including:

Who were the first New Yorkers?

When did the British invade New York?

Why are Manhattan’s streets laid out in a grid?

Why is there a windmill on the New York seal?

How did New York help elect Abraham Lincoln president?

What were “sweatshops”?

Did the Nazis plant spies in New York?

How did the Brooklyn Dodgers get their name?

Who started the gossip column?

What soured many New Yorkers on Giuliani?

What is “stop and frisk”?

How many trees are there in New York?

Illustrating the unique character of the city through a combination of facts, stats, and history, as well as the unusual and quirky, The Handy New York City Answer Book answers intriguing questions about people, events, government, and places of interest. This informative book also includes a helpful bibliography, an appendix of the city’s mayors, and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

Sujets

• HISTORY
• EDUCATION
• Histoire
• Bronx
• La Gran Manzana
• Nueva York
• Minidisc
• New York City
• State
• General officer
• General
• United States
• Local
• NJ
• DE
• Big Apple
• NY
• MD
• The Bronx
• Queens
• Brooklyn
• Staten Island
• Manhattan
• New York

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 17 avril 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781578596546
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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Cover images: Thule symbol by NsMn (Wikicommons), Rosy Cross of the Golden Dawn (public domain); all others, Shutterstock.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Barsanti, Chris, author. Title: The handy New York City answer book / Chris Barsanti. Description: Detroit, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2017. | Series: Handy answers series Identifiers: LCCN 2016058321| ISBN 9781578595860 (paperback) | ISBN 9781578596553 (epub) | ISBN 9781578596546 (pdf ) Subjects: LCSH: New York (N.Y.)—Miscellanea. | New York (N.Y.)—History—Miscellanea. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General. | HISTORY / United States / General. | EDUCATION / History. Classification: LCC F128.3 .B37 2017 | DDC 974.7/1—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016058321

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About the Author

Chris Barsantiis the author ofWhere New York City: Eat!, Film- ology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know, The Sci-Fi Movie Guide, and theEyes Wide Openfilm guide se- ries. He is co-author ofMonty Python FAQ, and he has written for a variety of publications, includingPopMatters, theChicago Tribune, Playboy, The Millions, theVirginia Quarterly Review, Publishers Weekly, andWhere New York. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and he re- sides in New York City.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the estimable Barry Moreno, whose invaluable help got me started in the right direction, the staff of the New York Public Library for providing the needed resources without which this book would never have been completed, Roger Jänecke for giving me the opportunity to take on such a fas- cinating project, and of course my friends and family for all their patience and support.

Table of Contents

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S vi P H O T O S O U R C E S ix T I M E L I N E xi I N T R O D U C T I O N xvii

THE BASICS … 1 Climate, Flora, and Fauna (3) … People (10) … Government and Politics (15) … Business and the Economy (21) … Transportation (27)

PRE-COLONIAL TIMES THROUGH THE REVOLU- TIONARY ERA … 33 Pre-Colonial New York (33) … The Dutch and British Colonial Years (36) … The Revolu- tionary War (55) … After Independence (66)

THE CIVIL WAR ERA THROUGH THE GILDED AGE … 91 Slavery and the Civil War (91) … Industrial- ization and Immigration (97) … The Gilded Age (116)

THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO A NEW CENTURY … 137 World War II and the Postwar Era (146) … The Sixties to 9/11 (155) … Rebuilding and Moving Forward (182)

MANHATTAN … 191 Financial District/Battery Park/Civic Center (192) … Chinatown/Little Italy/Lower East Side/Tribeca/SoHo (206) … Greenwich Vil- lage/East Village (211) … Union Square/Flat- iron/Madison Square/Gramercy (218) … Chelsea/Garment District/Hudson Yards (225) … Times Square/Midtown West/Hell’s Kitchen (231) … Midtown East (236) … Cen- tral Park (244) … Lincoln Square/Upper West Side (247) … Upper East Side (250) … Morn- ingside Heights/Harlem (255) … Upper Man- hattan (261)

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THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, QUEENS, AND STATEN IS- LAND … 267 The Bronx (267) … Brooklyn (273) … Queens (286) … Staten Island (291)

SPORTS AND NIGHT LIFE … 305 Sports (305) … Food and Dining (316) … Bars and Nightlife (330)

THE ARTS … 339 Theater (339) … Music (347) … Film and TV (354) … Art (359) … Writing (363)

M AY O R S O F N E W Y O R K C I T Y … 399 I D I O M S , S L A N G , A N D E X P R E S S I O N S … 403 F O R F U RT H E R R E S E A R C H … 407 I N D E X … 409

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