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Chapter l George Washington Slept Here: When New York Was the Capital of America 13
Chapter 2 Drunk on Water: Aaron Burr's Profitable Gamble 19
Chapter 3 Early Bohemia: The Roots of Greenwich Village 25
Chapter 4 Fifth Avenue's First Breath: A Potter's Field Becomes Washington Square Park 31
Chapter 5 From Dynasty to Tragedy: The Story of the Astor Family 39
Chapter 6 A Bear on Broadway, and a Riot at The Opera: A Brief History of Astor Place 47
Chapter 7 Slumming: The Story of Five Points 53
Chapter 8 Manhattan's Incandescence: Thomas Edison Electrifies New York 63
Chapter 9 From Deutal Cove to Coveted Address: The Evolution of Turtle Bay 69
Chapter 10 The Gold Coast: Fifth Avenue Moves Uptown 75
Chapter 11 Park Avenue: The Frog Prince 83
Chapter 12 Mr. Vanderbilt Builds His Dream House: A Mansion on Millionaire's Row 89
Chapter 13 Down the Middle: Central Park, and How It Got That Way 95
Chapter 14 It Happened in Gramercy Park the Cooperative Gets a Lift 101
Chapter 15 Assassination of an Architect: The Story of Stanford White 107
Chapter 16 Art in the Alley: The Ashcan School and the Carriage Houses of Greenwich Village 113
Chapter 17 Apartment Life: The Dakota and the Golden Age 119
Chapter 18 Lower East Side: An Immigrant Tale 129
Chapter 19 Prohibition and all that Jazz: The Speakeasy Days of New York 133
Chapter 20 A Harlem History: Philip Payton Builds a Neighborhood 139
Chapter 21 The Master Builder: The Controversial Character of Robert Moses 145
Chapter 22 Manhattan Hears the Beat: How New York Got Hip 153
Chapter 23 Soho Story: A Neighborhood Grows 159
Chapter 24 Chelsea: The Western Frontier 169
Chapter 25 Fathers and Sons: Real Estate Dynasties of New York 173
Walking Tours
Financial District 180
Chinatown/Soho 190
Greenwich Village 198
Astor Place 206
Gramercy Park 214
Turtle Bay Walking Tour 220
Midtown Walking Tour 226
Upper West Side Walking Tour 232
Harlem Walking Tour 236
Appendix
Townhouse Style 242
Bibliography 248
Index 250
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