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Acknowledgments |
xi |
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Cast of
Characters |
xv |
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Prologue |
xix |
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Part 1 |
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Chapter 1 |
On the Sidewalks
of New York |
3 |
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Childhood
reminiscences from the Upper West Side |
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Harlem |
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Yorkville |
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Times Square |
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The Lower East
Side |
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Chapter 2 |
I Want to Be a
Part of It |
33 |
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Winning auditions
for the Philharmonic and the Met |
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Landing a job at
the New York Times |
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Coming to MoMA
from Portland, Oregon, and to Barnard from Brooklyn |
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Running the
streets for the Mercury Messenger Service |
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Wearing "the
uniform" at Katie Gibbs |
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Chapter 3 |
If I Can Make It
Here ... |
55 |
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Reaching for the
stars: Stories of Zabar's, Russ and Daughters, and Balducci's |
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Making a name on
Madison Avenue |
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Bringing the
Beatles to Carnegie Hall |
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Discovering a
calling in SoHo |
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Part 2 |
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Chapter 4 |
Puttin' on the
Ritz |
83 |
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Food: Le Pavillon
launches a gastronomic revolution |
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From the Colony
to Le Cirque |
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Fashion: Inside
Harper's Bazaar |
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New York steals
the crown from Paris |
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From Sophie's
Salon at Saks Fifth Avenue to sewing skins in the fur district |
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Chapter 5 |
Sanctuaries in
the City |
117 |
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The glorious
choirs of Harlem churches |
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Getting the call
to the priesthood |
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The Brotherhood
Synagogue and the Jewish motor of New York |
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Chapter 6 |
High Culture or
"Who the Hell Is de Kooning?" |
129 |
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The art and music
scene in the postwar years: from the abstract expressionists to
Andy Warhol and pop art |
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Memories of the
great conductors |
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Summer serenades
at Lewisohn Stadium |
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The move from
Carnegie Hall and the Met to Lincoln Center |
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Chapter 7 |
Making Music |
153 |
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Memories of Tin
Pan Alley |
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Atlantic Records
and the record industry |
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Working as an
usher at the Fillmore East |
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Chapter 8 |
East Side, West
Side |
175 |
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Stories from the
neighborhoods |
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The Upper West
Side |
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Chelsea |
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Greenwich Village |
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Harlem |
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Chapter 9 |
All Around the
Town |
213 |
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When New York had
eleven-plus dailies |
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The life of a
reporter |
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Walter Winchell
and Ed Sullivan |
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Gangsters and the
sporting life at the old Madison Square Garden |
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Nightlife from
Toots Shor's to Elaine's to Irish pubs to nightclubs to theater |
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Part 3 |
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Chapter 10 |
Politics As Usual |
247 |
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New York mayors
from Wagner to Beame |
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Changing
demographics |
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The financial
crisis of '75 |
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Urban renewal |
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Roosevelt Island |
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Chapter 11 |
Looking at New
York Through Its Buildings |
267 |
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The changing look
of New York |
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The Third Avenue
el comes down, the white apartment houses go up |
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Preservation
movements: the saving of the Jefferson Market Courthouse in
Greenwich Village |
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The creation of
SoHo |
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Reprise: If You
Live Long Enough ... |
289 |
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P.S. |
303 |
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Photo Credits |
304 |
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Index |
306 |
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