Lost New York

Coney Island's Dreamland — destroyed by fire in 1911, Metropolitan Opera House — demolished in 1967, Moondance Diner — moved to Wyoming in 2007. A celebration of the cherished parts of New York that are no longer.

The New York landmarks remembered here include Coney Island's "Elephant Colossus," an elephant-shaped hotel rumored to be a brothel and destroyed by fire in 1896; the Manhattan Beach Hotel; South Street Seaport; Stanford White's Madison Square Garden; the Vanderbilt, Tiffany, and Astor mansions; Central Park's elevated railway; the first Waldorf Astoria Hotel; the 1939 World's Fair site; Manhattan Train Terminal on Brooklyn Bridge; Ebbet's Field — home of the Brooklyn Dodgers; and the Polo Grounds — home of the NY Giants baseball team. This collection celebrates old theaters and hotels that have burned or been razed, vanished ferry buildings, removed-from-service trolley cars, classic art deco diners, and the demolition that sparked a strong preservation movement in the city: Pennsylvania Station.

• Author
• Marcia Reiss

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 144

• Publisher
• Pavilion

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781862059351

• Genres
• history, photography, architecture, cities, reference

• Release date
• 2011