Brooklyn

by Manbeck, John B.

• ISBN13: 9781596295001
• ISBN10: 1596295007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-29
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

From America's first suburb to its favorite borough, Brooklyn is by all accounts matchless. Taking readers away from the film sets and off the tour buses, borough historian John Manbeck reveals the communities that have defined its diverse neighborhoods, from the early Dutch settlers to today's colonizing hipsters. Through urbanism and war, depression and gentrification, Manbeck's columns, first printed in the Brooklyn Eagle and now collected here, show Brooklyn for what it is-a cultural and social nonpareil that just happens to sit across the East River from Manhattan. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
Historically Brooklyn
History Happened Here	p. 16
Researching Brooklyn Online	p. 19
Passing of Brooklyn	p. 21
Creating Brooklyn: 1776 at the Old Stone House
Fighting the Good Fight	p. 24
Brooklyn's Battle of 1776	p. 27
The Downside of War	p. 29
The Mayor of Stirling Visits Brooklyn	p. 33
A Brooklyn for All Time	p. 37
Brooklyn Day Lives On	p. 40
Playground of the World
Coney Island Redux	p. 46
Coney Island Carousels	p. 49
Beacon by the Sea	p. 58
Astroland's Last Ride?	p. 61
The Big Wheel	p. 65
Catastrophes from the Past	p. 67
Saving Coney Island	p. 70
Our Protectors
Brooklyn's Guardians	p. 76
Brooklyn Cells	p. 80
A Hot Time in Old Brooklyn Town	p. 82
Brooklyn Fire Alarums	p. 85
Brooklyn's Deadliest Fire	p. 87
Neighborhoods
Gentrification is Rebirth	p. 90
Brooklyn Heights	p. 95
Cobble Hill	p. 122
DUMBO: Not a Pink Elephant	p. 126
Park Slope's "Whale and Squid"	p. 128
Sheepshead Bay	p. 130
Away We Go!
Ferryboat Serenade	p. 136
Brooklyn's Trolley Strike	p. 139
Brooklyn Derailed	p. 143
Brooklyn's LIRR	p. 146
Floyd Bennett Field	p. 148
On the Waterfront
Our Waterfront Heritage	p. 154
Bridges to Brooklyn	p. 157
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