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Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : H P M Productions
ISBN 13 : 9781882608102
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn written by Stan Fischler and published by H P M Productions. This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible for an author to mix a lifelong love of streetcars with a nostalgic look at a kid growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930's & 1940's? Stan Fischler has turned the trick with a unique & remarkable book, CONFESSIONS OF A TROLLEY DODGER FROM BROOKLYN. An author & Emmy-Award winning sportscaster, Fischler examines a dozen different streetcar lines he regularly travelled & weaves a series of intriguing trolley-related tales about them. Each of the lines & the various trolley models are vividly brought to life along with such neighborhood characters as Richie Mishkin, the telephone courier, Mr. Montague, the feared shop teacher, & Max, the waiter at the S&L Delicatessen. Trolleys are vividly described as The Sexpots (5000 Series), The Groaners, The Debonairs & The Pretenders. CONFESSIONS OF A TROLLEY DODGER FROM BROOKLYN covers long ago Coney Island, Ebbets Field, P.S. 54 & the movie theaters & stores of many neighborhoods. Fischler vividly paints a portrait of Brooklyn that is long gone; when the candy store was the center of the universe & the egg cream more coveted than champagne. To order CONFESSIONS OF A TROLLEY DODGER FROM BROOKLYN, contact H&M Productions, 193-07 45th Ave., Flushing, NY 11358, 718-357-6707.

Re- Inventing the Brooklyn- Queens Connector Streetcar Project (BQX)

Author : Bob Diamond
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387688243
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Re- Inventing the Brooklyn- Queens Connector Streetcar Project (BQX) written by Bob Diamond and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rehabilitating the Moribund Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX)

How We Got to Coney Island

Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 082322211X
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Book Synopsis How We Got to Coney Island by : Brian J. Cudahy

Download or read book How We Got to Coney Island written by Brian J. Cudahy and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 150-year history of the planning, construction, and development of all forms of mass transportation in Brooklyn, New York. How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York’s largest borough—and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world’s most famous seaside resort with Brooklyn, New York City across the river, and, ultimately, the rest of the world. Includes tables, charts, photographs, and maps. Praise for How We Got to Coney Island “This is an example of a familiar and decidedly old-fashioned genre of transport history. It is primarily an examination of the business politics of railway development and amalgamation in Brooklyn and adjoining districts since the mid-nineteenth century.” —The Journal of Transport History

Brooklyn by Name

Author : Leonard Benardo
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814799450
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Brooklyn by Name written by Leonard Benardo and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the places in Brooklyn got their names--complete with vivid photographs and maps From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Uncovering the remarkable stories behind the landmarks, Brooklyn By Name takes readers on a stroll through the streets and places of this thriving metropolis to reveal the borough’s textured past. Listing more than 500 of Brooklyn’s most prominent place names, organized alphabetically by region, and richly illustrated with photographs and current maps the book captures the diverse threads of American history. We learn about the Canarsie Indians, the region's first settlers, whose language survives in daily traffic reports about the Gowanus Expressway. The arrival of the Dutch West India Company in 1620 brought the first wave of European names, from Boswijck (“town in the woods,” later Bushwick) to Bedford-Stuyvesant, after the controversial administrator of the Dutch colony, to numerous places named after prominent Dutch families like the Bergens. The English takeover of the area in 1664 led to the Anglicization of Dutch names, (vlackebos, meaning “wooded plain,” became Flatbush) and the introduction of distinctively English names (Kensington, Brighton Beach). A century later the American Revolution swept away most Tory monikers, replacing them with signers of the Declaration of Independence and international figures who supported the revolution such as Lafayette (France), De Kalb (Germany), and Kosciuszko (Poland). We learn too of the dark corners of Brooklyn“s past, encountering over 70 streets named for prominent slaveholders like Lefferts and Lott but none for its most famous abolitionist, Walt Whitman. From the earliest settlements to recent commemorations such as Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn By Name tells the tales of the poets, philosophers, baseball heroes, diplomats, warriors, and saints who have left their imprint on this polyethnic borough that was once almost disastrously renamed “New York East.” Ideal for all Brooklynites, newcomers, and visitors, this book includes: *Over 500 entries explaining the colorful history of Brooklyn's most prominent place names *Over 100 vivid photographs of Brooklyn past and present *9 easy to follow and up-to-date maps of the neighborhoods *Informative sidebars covering topics like Ebbets Field, Lindsay Triangle, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge *Covers all neighborhoods, easily find the street you're on

From a Nickel to a Token

Author : Andrew J. Sparberg
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823261913
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book From a Nickel to a Token written by Andrew J. Sparberg and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating micro-history of NYC’s subway system from LaGuardia’s public works achievements in 1940 to the creation of the MTA in 1968. In 1940, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia realized an ambitious plan to modernize the city’s public transit. He eliminated streetcars, demolished old elevated lines, and unified the subway systems. From then on, the IRT, BMT, and IND became one system under public control. And by 1968, that system had transformed again, into the Metropolitan Transit Authority. From LaGuardia to Lindsay, mayors were desperate to appease voters, elected officials, transit management, and labor leaders. Meanwhile, the tumult of a changing America manifested in labor disputes, economic pressures, and civil rights protests. Though great efforts were made to keep prices down, the sacred nickel fare barrier was eventually broken. By 1968, a ride cost twenty cents. Featuring many photos never before published, From a Nickel to a Token deftly captures four decades and five boroughs of grit, chaos, egos, and emotions in the unending saga of New York’s subway system.

Forthcoming Books

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

Author : Kostya Kennedy
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250274052
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson written by Kostya Kennedy and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's—and America's—most significant figures. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball’s singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson’s death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. But Robinson’s impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. Kennedy examines each of these years through details not reported in previous biographies, bringing them to life in vivid prose and through interviews with fans and players who witnessed his impact, as well as with Robinson's surviving family. These four crucial years offer a unique vision of Robinson as a player, a father and husband, and a civil rights hero—a new window on a complex man, tied to the 50th anniversary of his passing and the 75th anniversary of his professional baseball debut.

Railfan & Railroad

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Railfan & Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tales of Brooklyn

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781667803685
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Brooklyn written by Stan Fischler and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every hero must have an origin story, and that includes New York media icon Stan Fischler. Known by millions of sports fans as The Maven, Fischler has written over 100 books on hockey, baseball, and transit systems--now he turns to his own story. Tales of Brooklyn is a collection of humorous and poignant stories about growing up in 1930s and 40s Brooklyn, New York. In a timeline that includes the Great Depression and World War II, experience the blossoming of Fischler into the Hall of Fame hockey writer he will become.

Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper

Author : Stephen J. Dubner
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061860794
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper written by Stephen J. Dubner and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessed—he dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "Franco Dubner." Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his hero, certain that Harris will embrace him. And he is . . . well, wrong. Told with the grit of a journalist and the grace of a memoirist, Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper is a breathtaking, heartbreaking, and often humorous story of astonishing developments. It is also a sparkling meditation on the nature of hero worship—which, like religion and love, tells us as much about ourselves as about the object of our desire.

Street and Interurban Railroads

Author : Brent Cassan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street and Interurban Railroads written by Brent Cassan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subways

Author : Lorraine B. Diehl
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Subways written by Lorraine B. Diehl and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Subways," her highly anticipated follow-up to "The Automat," Diehl sets off on another sentimental journey, recounting the true story of a city transformed by underground passageways.

All that is Solid Melts Into Air

Author : Marshall Berman
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9780860917854
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book All that is Solid Melts Into Air written by Marshall Berman and published by Verso. This book was released on 1983 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.

Boston Bruins

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1683580656
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Boston Bruins written by Stan Fischler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by hockey's most authoritative author, this is the definitive collection of Boston Bruins history. In his newly revised edition of Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players, “hockey maven” Stan Fischler examines the storied history of the Boston Bruins from their first game in 1924 to their epic Stanley Cup victory in 2011. Beyond the stats and facts, this veteran sportswriter brings fans off the ice and into the locker room to share a treasure trove of stories and anecdotes from this legendary franchise. Within these pages, Bruins fans will read about all of Boston hockey's most famous names—Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Eddie Shore, Milt Schmidt, John Bucyk, and many more.

The New York Times Index

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who's who in Hockey

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740719042
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Who's who in Hockey written by Stan Fischler and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there is one book that's missing from the ever-growing number of hockey books available, it is an A-to-Z guide of the sport's all-time greatest stars. Finally, that book has arrived. Veteran hockey authors Stan and Shirley Fischler's Who's Who in Hockey is the complete guide to the game's greatest players.This indispensable hockey reference book features all of the sport's most notable players, from Wayne Gretzky and Howie Morenz to Rocket Richard, Marcel Pronovost, and Bep Guidolin.For easy reference, this comprehensive 480-page volume is divided into three parts: pre-World War II players, World War II to Expansion, and From 1967-68 to the present.Each player's entry includes his biography, personal statistics, and career highlights, along with anecdotal information. In addition to player listings, this power-packed book will include: o Dozens of player photoso Capsule histories of every past and present NHL franchiseo The colorful history behind the Stanley Cupo Profiles of the game's best coaches and managers o Profiles of others who've helped make the game great, such as Pete and Jerry Cusimano, who pioneered the Detroit tradition of throwing octopuses onto the ice for luck.Perhaps the most complete compendium of biographies on hockey's greatest players ever published, Who's Who in Hockey will be a hot item with both die-hard and newer fans of this popular professional sport.

Motor City Muscle

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Warwick Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Motor City Muscle written by Stan Fischler and published by Warwick Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The names still have a clarion call, ringing true like cathedral bells -- Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, "Terrible" Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel, Red Kelly -- a great cast of tough, talented hockey players. After all, how many teams can claim to have finished first place six seasons in a row?