New York Panorama
New York Panorama |
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| project title | Once upon a time, New York | |
| description | articles, old photos, maps about the history, human and natural landscape of New York, from its origins to the eve of the second world war | |
| number of pages | 570 | |
| number of illustrations | 117 | |
| total size | 11.4 MB | |
| theme | Aera Nova | |
| online demo | ||
| status | sold | |
Table of Contents
I. CONTEMPORARY SCENE | Metropolis and Her Children | Approach to the City | The Concept of the City | II. NATURAL SETTING | Habitat Map | Harbor Outline | Topography by Boroughs | Climate | Animals, Trees and Flowers | III. HISTORY | Trading-Post to Cosmopolis | Before the White Man | Discovery and Exploration: 1524-1609 | The Era of Dutch Control: 1626-1664 | English Control at Its Height; 1664-1763 | The Revolutionary Period: 1763-1783 | Reconstruction and Consolidation: 1783-1811 | The War of 1812 | Material Prosperity and Civic Lethargy: 1815-1841 | The Pre-Civil War Period: 1842-1860 | The Civil War: 1861-1865 | The Tweed Ring: 1865-1874 | Territorial Expansion: 1874-1898 | Prosperity and Progress: 1879-1909 | From Metropolis to Cosmopolis: 1910-1937 | IV. NATIONALITIES | New World Symphony | Italians | Germans | Irish | English, Scotch, Welsh | Russians | Ukrainians | Greeks | Rumanians | Hungarians | Czechoslovaks | Balkan Slavs | Estonians | Lithuanians and Letts | Scandinavians | Peoples of the Near East | Orientals | Spanish-Speaking People | Jewish People | V. NEGROES | Portrait of Harlem | VI. SPEECH | The Local Vernacular | VII. LITERATURE | Market Place for Words | VIII. ART | In Studio and Gallery | IX. ARCHITECTURE | Bricks of the City | The Seaport Colony | Federal New York | The Young Industrial City | The Great Bridges | Skyscraper Background | New York and Chicago | Cubes and Setbacks | Skyscraper Groups | Buildings for Industrial Work | Recent Public Buildings | Colleges and Universities | Churches | Hotels | "Genteel Houses" of the Middle Class | The Brownstone Front | Homes of Today | Rockefeller Center | X. CLASSICAL MUSIC | Program Notes | XI. POPULAR MUSIC | Folk Tune to Swing | Pianos in the Alley | The Rise of the Minstrels | Tony Pastor and Tin Pan Alley | Blues into Jazz | The Alley Today | XII. THE THEATER | Entrances and Exits | XIII. MOTION PICTURES | Pleasures in Palaces | XIV. RADIO | World of Wireless | XV. THE PRESS | Newspaperman's Mecca | XVI. SPORTS | Athletics by Proxy | Spectator Sports | Batter Up! | The Manly Art | Hell on Ice | Dying for Dear Old... | Disorder on the Court | Some Others | National Games | Supervised Sports | On a Moral Note | XVII. MARITIME AFFAIRS | Water Gate | Radius of the Port | Rail and Road | The Waterfront | Hub of the Port | Waterborne Commerce | "Duty-Free" Imports | Handling the Cargoes | Shipbuilding | The Port of New York Authority | XVIII. TRANSPORT | City in Motion | Highlights of Transit History | Financial and Political Imbroglios | Efforts Toward Unification | Street Cars | Hacks and Hackmen | Ferries | Bridges | Tunnels | Commuters and Transient Visitors | Airports | Forward Look | XIX. TRADE AND INDUSTRY | World Market Place | XX. LABOR | Mechanics' Bell | XXI. CITY PLANNING | The Urban Pattern | XXII. HOUSING | One-Third of a City | Existing Conditions | Origins of the Problem | The Historic Background | Regulation and Reform | Positive Measures | Forward Steps | XXIII. GOVERNMENT | Body Politic | The Municipal Government | Borough Government | County Government | XXIV. SOCIAL WELFARE | Good Samaritan | XXV. EDUCATION | Learning for Life | Progressive Education | Organization and Control | Educational Problems | Elementary and Secondary Education | Private Schools | Denominational Schools | Adult Education | WPA in Education | Higher Education | XXVI. THE WORLD'S FAIR, 1939 | Perisphere and Trylon