Lost New York
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Lost New York

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eBook - ePub

Lost New York

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Introduction
  5. First Metropolitan Museum of Art Engulfed by Additions 1895
  6. Coney Island’s “Elephantine Colossus” Burned 1896
  7. Fifth Avenue Reservoir Demolished 1899
  8. Horse-drawn carriages in Central Park Monopoly Ended 1899
  9. Jay Gould’s Mansion Demolished 1906
  10. South Street Seaport End of an era 1907
  11. Coney Island’s Dreamland Burned 1911
  12. Manhattan Beach Hotel Closed 1911
  13. Grand Central Depot Replaced 1913
  14. Sheepshead Bay Racetrack and Speedway Closed 1919
  15. Brighton Beach Hotel Razed 1921
  16. Wall Street Curb Brokers End of an era 1921
  17. New York Herald Building Demolished 1921
  18. Windsor Arcade Demolished 1921
  19. Fulton Ferry Service ENDED 1924
  20. Madison Square Garden Demolished 1925
  21. William. K. Vanderbilt Mansion Demolished 1925
  22. Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion Demolished 1926
  23. Temple Emanuel and Temple Bethel Merged 1927
  24. Astor Mansion Demolished 1928
  25. First Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Demolished 1929
  26. Central Park Casino RAZED 1934
  27. Central Park Menagerie Replaced 1934
  28. Tiffany Mansion Demolished 1936
  29. The Tombs City Jail Condemned 1938
  30. City Hall Post Office Demolished 1938
  31. Hippodrome Demolished 1939
  32. Floating bathhouses and Play Piers for the Poor Discontinued circa 1939
  33. Tiffany & Co. Jewelry Store Abandoned 1940
  34. 1939 World’s Fair Dismantled 1940
  35. Elevated train tracks Removed 1940–1941
  36. Castle Garden Aquarium Dismantled 1941
  37. Normandie (USS Lafayette) Capsized 1942
  38. Brooklyn Bridge Train Terminals Demolished 1944
  39. Coney Island’s Luna Park Closed 1946
  40. Charles Schwab Mansion Demolished 1948
  41. Central Park Features Replaced 1950s
  42. New York World Building Demolished 1955
  43. Wanamaker’s Department Store Burned 1956
  44. New York Trolleys Taken out of service 1957
  45. Lower East Side Pushcart Markets DISAPPEARED 1960S
  46. New York Lunatic Asylum Main Wings Demolished 1960
  47. Ebbets Field Demolished 1960
  48. Port of New York Relocated 1962
  49. Polo Grounds Demolished 1964
  50. Steeplechase Park Closed 1964
  51. Times Tower Transformed 1965
  52. Penn Station Demolished 1966
  53. New York Tribune Building Demolished 1966
  54. Brooklyn Navy Yard Decommissioned 1966
  55. Paramount Theater Gutted 1967
  56. Astor Hotel Demolished 1967
  57. Metropolitan Opera House Demolished 1967
  58. Singer Building Demolished 1968
  59. Madison Square Garden Demolished 1968
  60. Bonwit Teller Department Store Demolished 1980
  61. Biltmore Hotel Gutted 1981
  62. Lüchow’s Restaurant Burned 1982
  63. Horn & Hardart Automats Closed 1991
  64. Central Park Children’s Zoo Replaced 1997
  65. World Trade Center Towers Destroyed 2001
  66. Fulton Fish Market Abandoned 2005
  67. Moondance Diner Moved to Wyoming 2007
  68. Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium Demolished 2008