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The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s New York

This tour guide for time travelers offers New York-lovers and thirties buffs an endlessly fascinating look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost five cents, a room at the Plaza hotel was $7.50, Dodger fans flocked to Ebbetts Field, and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. The New York of 1939 was a city where adventures began "under the clock" at the Biltmore, and the big liners sailed at midnight. The Yankees were on their way to four in a row, and Times Square was truly the crossroads of the world.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 700
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781565843219
  • Genres
  • history, travel, reference, architecture
  • Release date
  • 1995