Silent cities New Kork
Subtitle: hidden histories of the region's cemeteries
By: Jessica Ferri
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Guilford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781493047352
Subjects: Cemeteries; Pictorial works; Biography; History; History: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Description: To travel through the cemeteries of New York is to travel through the hidden history of what some consider to be the greatest city in the world. Founded in 1838, Green-Wood became the city's most popular tourist attraction. The cemetery was so popular that urban planners challenged architects to come up with plans for a separate green-space for Manhattan. Hence, both Central Park, founded in 1857, and Brooklyn's Prospect Park, in 1867, were born. From the movers and shakers of New York society, to corrupt political bosses and mafiosi, Jazz legends, and a Brooklyn native son who returned to Gre.
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Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Introduction: I Was Here; title: A Walk in the Park: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn; title: Presbyterians and Pagans Alike: Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx; title: Silver Cord: Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn; title: Citizens: Calvary Cemetery and Mount Zion Cemetery, Queens; title: Locals Only: Green River Cemetery, East Hampton; title: Ghosts of New York: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown; title: The Road Not Taken: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla; title: Sacred and Profane: Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale; title: You Made Us a Family: Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Hartsdale; title: We Remember: Cemeteries of Manhattan; title: Acknowledgments; title: Further Reading; title: About the Author