On Broadway: A Journey Uptown over Time

Dunlap, David W.

ISBN 10: 0847811816 / ISBN 13: 9780847811816

Published by Rizzoli Intl Pubns, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1990

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First Edition and Printing. Minor shelf rubbing to DJ cover and flecks to top corners, elsewise a clean, tight, scholar/collector-worthy. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in black-and-white photography and maps with accompanying descriptive captions. *NOTE: A mailing envelope with a handwritten notecard composed and SIGNED by the author and dated "9 September 1991", which features a lengthy response and thanks to a patron is laid-in. "On Broadway" chronicles the physical evolution of the seventeen-mile thoroughfare that has been at the center of Manhattan's civic, commercial, and cultural life from the era of early Dutch settlement to the present. Incorporating some 600 contemporary photographs and historical illustrations and a lively, broad-ranging text, David Dunlap, a long-time reporter on the New York City scene, takes readers on a trip through time up Broadway, starting at its southernmost point at Bowling Green , and ending at 20th Street (the last block of Broadway in Manhattan). A unique feature of "On Broadway" is a block-by-block inventory, running parallel to the narrative history, that includes every building of architectural or historical interest, as well as the genealogy of sites that have held significant buildings in the past. Traveling beyond the reaches of the standard guidebook, the inventory will become a valuable reference tool." 327 pages. *NOTE: Due to the excessive weight of the book significant additional shipping will be required for out-of-U.S. shipment in the necessary form of USPS Priority Mail International shipping in conjunction with destination. FRB1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Broadway: A Journey Uptown over Time
• Publisher: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847811816
• ISBN 13: 9780847811816
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

On Broadway chronicles the building history of the 17-mile thoroughfare from the era of Dutch settlement to the present. Using more than 500 contemorary photographs and historical illustrations, David Dunlap takes readers on a trip through time up Broadway.