Lost Inwood / Cole Thompson and Don Rice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Cole (Local historian), author.

Rice, Don (Local historian), author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inwood (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Inwood (New York, N.Y.).

Inwood (Nassau County, N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Inwood (Nassau County, N.Y.).

Genre:

local histories.

History.

Local histories.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

"Inwood, the northern most neighborhood of Manhattan, has a rich yet little-known history. For centuries, the region remained practically unchanged--a quaint, country village known to early Dutch settlers as Tubby Hook. The subway's arrival in the early 1900s transformed the area, once scorned as "ten miles from a beefsteak," from farm to city virtually overnight. The same construction boom sparked an age of neighborhood self-discovery, when vestiges of the past--in the form of mastodon bones, arrowheads, colonial pottery, Revolutionary War cannonballs, and forgotten cemeteries--emerged from the earth. Waves of German, Irish, and Dominican immigrants subsequently produced a vibrant urban oasis with a big-city/small-town feel. Inwood has also been home to wealthy country estates, pre-integration sports arenas, and a lively waterfront culture. Famous residents have included NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Diaries author Jim Carroll, and Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda."--Publisher's description

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4396-6624-5