The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It b

Description: The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot by Matthew Spady Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Audubon Parks journey from farm to cityscape Publisher Description Audubon Parks journey from farmland to cityscapeThe study of Audubon Parks origins, maturation, and disappearance is at root the study of a rural society evolving into an urban community, an examination of the relationship between people and the land they inhabit. When John James Audubon bought fourteen acres of northern Manhattan farmland in 1841, he set in motion a chain of events that moved forward inexorably to the streetscape that emerged seven decades later. The story of how that happened makes up the pages of The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It.This fully illustrated history peels back the many layers of a rural society evolving into an urban community, enlivened by the people who propelled it forward: property owners, tenants, laborers, and servants. The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot tells the intricate tale of how individual choices in the face of family dysfunction, economic crises, technological developments, and the myriad daily occurrences that elicit personal reflection and change of course pushed Audubon Park forward to the cityscape that distinguishes the neighborhood today.A longtime evangelist for Manhattans Audubon Park neighborhood, author Matthew Spady delves deep into the lives of the two families most responsible over time for the anomalous arrangement of todays streetscape: the Audubons and the Grinnells. Buoyed by his extensive research, Spady reveals the darker truth behind John James Audubon (1785-1851), a towering patriarch who consumed the lives of his family members in pursuit of his own goals. He then narrates how fifty years after Audubons death, George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and his siblings found themselves the owners of extensive property that was not yielding sufficient income to pay taxes, insurance, and maintenance. Like the Audubons, they planned an exit strategy for controlled change that would have an unexpected ending.Beginning with the Audubons return to America in 1839, The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot follows the many twists and turns of the areas path from forest to city, ending in the twenty-first century with the Audubon name re-purposed in todays historic district, a multiethnic, multi-racial urban neighborhood far removed from the homogeneous, Eurocentric Audubon Park suburb. Author Biography Matthew Spady is the creator of the virtual walking tour AudubonParkNY.com and curator for AudubonParkPerspectives.org, a news site that reflects on the constant intersection of past and present in a vibrant and historic neighborhood. He was a leader in the decade-long community effort that culminated in the Audubon Park Historic District. Details ISBN 0823289427 ISBN-13 9780823289424 Title The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot Author Matthew Spady Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 320 Publisher Fordham University Press GE_Item_ID:140561207; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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Book Title: Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot : Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Fordham University Press

Item Height: 1.3 in

Publication Year: 2020

Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Environmentalists & Naturalists, Sociology / Urban

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 25 oz

Item Length: 9.3 in

Author: Matthew Spady

Item Width: 6.4 in

Format: Hardcover