The Bronx : The Ultimate Guide to New York City's Beautiful Borough / Shelley Olson, Lloyd Ultan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ultan, Lloyd, Author.

Olson, Shelley, Author.

Series:

Rivergate regionals.

Rivergate Regionals Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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Bronx destinations.

Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Guidebooks.

Bronx (New York, N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Guidebooks.

New York (N.Y.).

Local Subjects:

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Bronx destinations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Often overlooked by most tourists and locals alike, the Bronx-one of five boroughs that comprise the city of New York-is rich in cultural and historical attractions. From the Bronx Zoo (the largest urban zoo in the United States) to the New York Botanical Garden (one of the most visited botanical gardens in the world), this borough has something for everyone. Visitors can explore historical locations (including where George Washington slept and where Edgar Allan Poe lived and worked), watch a game in one of the most famous baseball stadiums in the United States-Yankee Stadium-and sample delicious Italian food in New York's real "Little Italy" on Arthur Avenue and New England style seafood at City Island along the edge of Long Island Sound. Author and foremost historian of the Bronx Lloyd Ultan and educator Shelley Olson have teamed up to create a handy guidebook with detailed maps that will provide all the information prospective visitors need for planning their adventures to famous and little-known sites, including the hours, admission fees, and directions to featured attractions. The Bronx-which includes thirty-six color photographs-provides visitors with informative chapters on more than twelve of the borough's extraordinary destinations as well as self-guided walking tours of some of the most ethnically, architecturally, and historically diverse neighborhoods. History buffs will find beautifully preserved eighteenth- and nineteenth-century homes, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (which pays homage to many familiar faces in American history), and Woodlawn Cemetery (the final resting place for prominent Americans including Duke Ellington, Joseph Pulitzer, Gloria Vanderbilt Whitney, and Thomas Nast). In addition to the botanical garden, nature lovers can enjoy the beautiful Pelham Bay Park and Van Cortlandt Park. The Bronx also highlights the surprising number of art galleries, museums, and performance venues that visitors are sure to enjoy, further demonstrating the borough's cultural prominence. .

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Why Visit The Bronx?

Part I: Attractions

The New York Botanical Garden

The Bronx Zoo

Yankee Stadium

Wave Hill and the Mansions of Riverdale

Van Cortlandt Park and the Van Cortlandt House

The Bronx County Building: The Art of Democracy

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage: Poverty and Poetry

Woodlawn Cemetery: Beauty for Eternity

The Valentine-Varian House: A Legacy of the Revolution

Pelham Bay Park: The Riviera of New York City

The Hall of Fame for Great Americans

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Part II: Walking Tours

City Island: New England in The Bronx

Belmont: New York's Real Little Italy

The Grand Concourse Historic District: Art Deco Delights

Valentine to Poe: A Tour of Cultural Discovery

In the Footsteps of Edgar Allan Poe

Marvelous Mott Haven

Part III: Places to Go, Things to See

Museums in The Bronx

Art Galleries in The Bronx

Professional Musical and Theatrical Performance Venues

Tours and Events

Where to Stay

Index

About the Authors

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780813573212

OCLC:

912324662