Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Call Number: 974.7104 F854A 2009 Author: Freeland, David. Title: Automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville : excavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure / David Freeland. Publisher, Date: New York : New York University Press, c2009. Description: xxviii, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Summary: "With a keen eye for architectural detail, David Freeland opens doors, climbs onto rooftops, and gazes down alleyways to reveal several of the remaining hidden gems of Manhattan's nineteenth- and twentieth-century entertainment industry"--P. [4] of cover. Subjects: Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York. Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-255) and index. Contents: Chinatown, Chatham Square, and the Bowery. A round for the old Atlantic (The Atlantic Garden) ; Chinatown Theater (the 1893 Chinese Theater) -- Union Square and the East Village. A roof with a view (American Mutoscope Studio) ; Caretakers of Second Avenue (Hebrew Actors' Union) -- The Tenderloin. If you can make 'em cry (Tin Pan Alley) ; Tenderloin winners and losers (Shang Draper's Gambling House) -- Harlem. A theater of our own (The Lincoln Theater) ; Rise and fall of the original Swing Street (West 133rd Street) -- Times Square. The strike invisible (Horn & Hardart's original New York Automat) ; Last dance at the Orpheum (The Orpheum Dance Palace) ; Nights of gladness (Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe). LCCN: 2009007884 ISBN: 9780814727638 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0814727638 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814727621 (cloth : alk. paper) 081472762X (cloth : alk. paper) Other Number: 276816676 Items available: 1 Copies owned: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1