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Around Washington Square : an illustrated history of Greenwich Village /

"Neighborhood historian and preservationist Luther S. Harris has spent twenty years researching the real story of New York's social and cultural hub, and in Around Washington Square he has produced the definitive history of Greenwich Village, illustrated with more than two hundred photogra...

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Main Author: Harris, Luther S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2003.
Subjects and Genres:
Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) > History > Pictorial works.
Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Washington Square (New York, N.Y.) > History > Pictorial works.
Washington Square (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
New York- Greenwich Village > Städtebau.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Greenwich Village.
New York (State) > New York > Washington Square.
New York- Greenwich Village
New York (N.Y.) > Quartier de Greenwich Village > Histoire.
New York- Greenwich Village.
History.
Pictorial works.
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Table of Contents:
  • Rise of the square and Fifth Avenue : 1797-1852
  • Empire Ward : 1832-1878
  • Surrounding the square : 1832-1878
  • Narrow escape : 1879-1908
  • Bohemia U.S.A. : 1908-1920
  • Home of the New York School : 1921-1951
  • Protest and turnabout : 1951-1978
  • Revival : 1979-2001.

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