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Author : Edna Holden
Publisher : Center for Migration Studies of New York
ISBN 13 : 9781577030256
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Holden's Staten Island written by Edna Holden and published by Center for Migration Studies of New York. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Borelli
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439674914
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century written by Joseph Borelli and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from the Revolutionary War and the formation of a new nation, Staten Island was poised to enter the nineteenth century ripe for growth and prosperity. Fueled by waves of immigration, Richmond County became a boomtown of industry and transportation. Piloting his first ferry with just two small masts and eighteen-cent fares, Cornelius Vanderbilt built a transit empire from his native shores of Staten Island. When the Civil War erupted, Richmond played a key role in housing and training Union troops as 125 naval guns protected New York Harbor at the Narrows. At the close of the century, Staten Island was swept up in the politics of consolidation, with 84 percent of locals voting to join Greater New York, yet the promised benefits of a new mega-city never materialized. Author Joe Borelli charts the trials and triumphs of Staten Island in the nineteenth century.
Author : Daniel C. Kramer
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761858318
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Staten Island written by Daniel C. Kramer and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles how the "forgotten borough" has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics behind events that have shaped Staten Island.
Author : Martin V. Melosi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231548354
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Fresh Kills written by Martin V. Melosi and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh Kills—a monumental 2,200-acre site on Staten Island—was once the world’s largest landfill. From 1948 to 2001, it was the main receptacle for New York City’s refuse. After the 9/11 attacks, it reopened briefly to receive human remains and rubble from the destroyed Twin Towers, turning a notorious disposal site into a cemetery. Today, a mammoth reclamation project is transforming the landfill site, constructing an expansive park three times the size of Central Park. Martin V. Melosi provides a comprehensive chronicle of Fresh Kills that offers new insights into the growth and development of New York City and the relationship among consumption, waste, and disposal. He traces the metamorphoses of the landscape, following it from salt marsh to landfill to cemetery and looks ahead to the future park. By centering the problem of solid-waste disposal, Melosi highlights the unwanted consequences of mass consumption. He presents the Fresh Kills space as an embodiment of massive waste, linking consumption to the continuing presence of its discards. Melosi also uses the landfill as a lens for understanding Staten Island’s history and its relationship with greater New York City. The first book on the history of the iconic landfill, Fresh Kills unites environmental, political, and cultural history to offer a reflection on material culture, consumer practices, and perceptions of value and worthlessness.
Author : Peter Eisenstadt
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815608080
Total Pages : 1960 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of New York State written by Peter Eisenstadt and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-19 with total page 1960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures the impressive complexity of New York State as a historic crossroads of people and ideas, as a cradle of abolitionism and feminism, and as an apex of modern urban, suburban, and rural life. The Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating details from fields ranging from sociology and geography to history. Did you know that Manhattan's Lower East Side was once the most populated neighborhood in the world, but Hamilton County in the Adirondacks is the least densely populated county east of the Mississippi; New York is the only state to border both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean; the Erie Canal opened New York City to rich farmland upstate . . . and to the west. Entries by experts chronicle New York's varied areas, politics, and persuasions with a cornucopia of subjects from environmentalism to higher education to railroads, weaving the state's diverse regions and peoples into one idea of New York State. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs and figures, 120 maps, and 140 tables, the Encyclopedia is key to understanding the state's past, present, and future. It is a crucial reference for students, teachers, historians, and business people, for New Yorkers of all persuasions, and for anyone interested in finding out more about New York State.
Author : John Louis Sublett
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781452818191
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Famous People from Staten Island written by John Louis Sublett and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the shores of this Island have come many generations of people who were determined to make a good life for their families. They have left behind them a record of significant contributions in all fields of human endeavor. Awareness and appreciation of this heritage can come only through knowledge and understanding of past struggles and achievements. ( as written in Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County ) The Island has been a haven and a home for many, ranging from: The family of a President of the United States ( John Tyler - Broadway and Clove Road ) Two of our country's Vice Presidents of the early 19th century A dethroned Emperor of Mexico ( Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - Known as "The butcher of the Alamo" ) A liberator of Italy ( Garibaldi ) The first native born American ( Elizabeth Bayley Seton ) beatified by the Roman Catholic Church The Governess to the children of the King of Siam ( Anna Leonownes ) As well as many inventors, scientists, poets, editors, artists and scores of naval and army heroes.
Author : Phillip Papas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738572208
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (722 download)
Download or read book Port Richmond written by Phillip Papas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Aaron Burr, Faber Pencils, the atomic bomb, Paul Zindel, and David Johansen all have one thing in common: Port Richmond. Many Staten Islanders flocked to Richmond Avenue, known as the Fifth Avenue of Staten Island, to shop at Garber Brothers or at Tirone's Shoes or enjoy an ice-cream soda at Stechman's. The Ritz, Palace, and Empire Theaters hosted vaudeville shows, films, rock concerts, and roller-skating. More than a dozen places of worship have been founded in Port Richmond since the late 1600s, mirroring the community's ethnic diversity. Port Richmond traces the unique contributions of each new wave of immigrants to the neighborhood.
Author : Kenneth M. Gold
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231557515
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten Borough written by Kenneth M. Gold and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? The island’s identity has in part been defined in opposition to the city, its physical and cultural differences, and the perception of neglect by city government. It has long been whiter, wealthier, less populated, and more politically conservative. And despite many attempts over the years, Staten Island is not connected by the subway to any of the other four boroughs. Kenneth M. Gold argues that the lack of a subway connection has deeply shaped Staten Island’s history and identity. He chronicles decades of recurrent efforts to build a rail link, using this history to explore the borough’s fraught relationship with New York City as a whole. The Forgotten Borough ranges from when Staten Island first contemplated joining the city in the 1890s to the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, highlighting pivotal moments when the construction of a subway appeared possible. The economics and engineering of tunnel construction, the difficulty of uniting Staten Islanders around a single solution, competition from the other boroughs, and resistance from powerful corporations and public authorities all undermined a rapid transit connection. Gold demonstrates that the failure to establish a rail link during this period caused Staten Island to diverge culturally, demographically, and politically from the other four boroughs. Drawing on extensive archival research, The Forgotten Borough shows how transportation infrastructure and politics shed new light on urban history.
Author : Staten Island 350 Anniversary Committee
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614230870
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Discovering Staten Island written by Staten Island 350 Anniversary Committee and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the five boroughs of New York City, Staten Island has a rich and colorful past, and it is full of places where people have shaped the city, state and nation. To commemorate its 350th anniversary, local community leaders and educators have gathered together this unprecedented collection. Walk in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, Susan B. Anthony, Langston Hughes, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the Dalai Lama; visit Revolutionary War sites; relive the entrepreneurial drive and inventiveness of business and medical pioneers; and imagine the lives of Irish, Norwegian, Italian, Sri Lankan and Liberian immigrants. Its shores are awash in history, from Lenape trails to Dutch and French farms, from the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company to legendary sports figures and quaint historic districts. Their struggles, hardships, triumphs and achievements, in spectacular and everyday Staten Island locations, are brought to life.
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Total Pages : 1118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Holden's Dollar Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Frederick Briggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Holden's Dollar Magazine of Criticisms, Biographies, Sketches, Essays, Tales, Reviews, Poetry, Etc., Etc written by Charles Frederick Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean B. Gleisner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Cultural Landscape Report for the Battery Weed Headland, Fort Wadsworth Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island, New York written by Jean B. Gleisner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean B. Gleisner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book Cultural Landscape Report for the Battery Weed Headland, Fort Wadsworth Gateway National Recreation Area Staten Island, New York, 2008 written by Jean B. Gleisner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Kurlansky
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588365913
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book The Big Oyster written by Mark Kurlansky and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled. For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city’s economy, gastronomy, and ecology that the abundant bivalves were Gotham’s most celebrated export, a staple food for the wealthy, the poor, and tourists alike, and the primary natural defense against pollution for the city’s congested waterways. Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight–along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos–this dynamic narrative sweeps readers from the island hunting ground of the Lenape Indians to the death of the oyster beds and the rise of America’s environmentalist movement, from the oyster cellars of the rough-and-tumble Five Points slums to Manhattan’s Gilded Age dining chambers. Kurlansky brings characters vividly to life while recounting dramatic incidents that changed the course of New York history. Here are the stories behind Peter Stuyvesant’s peg leg and Robert Fulton’s “Folly”; the oyster merchant and pioneering African American leader Thomas Downing; the birth of the business lunch at Delmonico’s; early feminist Fanny Fern, one of the highest-paid newspaper writers in the city; even “Diamond” Jim Brady, who we discover was not the gourmand of popular legend. With The Big Oyster, Mark Kurlansky serves up history at its most engrossing, entertaining, and delicious.
Author : Charles Samuel Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Life and Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons written by Charles Samuel Hall and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patricia M. Salmon
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Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Realms of History written by Patricia M. Salmon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Josephine Elizabeth Tilden
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Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
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