Automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville
Subtitle: excavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure
By: David Freeland.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780814727621; 9780814727638
Subjects: Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Description: "With a keen eye for architectural detail, David Freeland opens doors, climbs onto rooftops, and gazes down alleyways to reveal several of the remaining hidden gems of Manhattan's nineteenth- and twentieth-century entertainment industry."--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.