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Lost New York
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Introduction
- First Metropolitan Museum of Art Engulfed by Additions 1895
- Coney Islandâs âElephantine Colossusâ Burned 1896
- Fifth Avenue Reservoir Demolished 1899
- Horse-drawn carriages in Central Park Monopoly Ended 1899
- Jay Gouldâs Mansion Demolished 1906
- South Street Seaport End of an era 1907
- Coney Islandâs Dreamland Burned 1911
- Manhattan Beach Hotel Closed 1911
- Grand Central Depot Replaced 1913
- Sheepshead Bay Racetrack and Speedway Closed 1919
- Brighton Beach Hotel Razed 1921
- Wall Street Curb Brokers End of an era 1921
- New York Herald Building Demolished 1921
- Windsor Arcade Demolished 1921
- Fulton Ferry Service ENDED 1924
- Madison Square Garden Demolished 1925
- William. K. Vanderbilt Mansion Demolished 1925
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion Demolished 1926
- Temple Emanuel and Temple Bethel Merged 1927
- Astor Mansion Demolished 1928
- First Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Demolished 1929
- Central Park Casino RAZED 1934
- Central Park Menagerie Replaced 1934
- Tiffany Mansion Demolished 1936
- The Tombs City Jail Condemned 1938
- City Hall Post Office Demolished 1938
- Hippodrome Demolished 1939
- Floating bathhouses and Play Piers for the Poor Discontinued circa 1939
- Tiffany & Co. Jewelry Store Abandoned 1940
- 1939 Worldâs Fair Dismantled 1940
- Elevated train tracks Removed 1940â1941
- Castle Garden Aquarium Dismantled 1941
- Normandie (USS Lafayette) Capsized 1942
- Brooklyn Bridge Train Terminals Demolished 1944
- Coney Islandâs Luna Park Closed 1946
- Charles Schwab Mansion Demolished 1948
- Central Park Features Replaced 1950s
- New York World Building Demolished 1955
- Wanamakerâs Department Store Burned 1956
- New York Trolleys Taken out of service 1957
- Lower East Side Pushcart Markets DISAPPEARED 1960S
- New York Lunatic Asylum Main Wings Demolished 1960
- Ebbets Field Demolished 1960
- Port of New York Relocated 1962
- Polo Grounds Demolished 1964
- Steeplechase Park Closed 1964
- Times Tower Transformed 1965
- Penn Station Demolished 1966
- New York Tribune Building Demolished 1966
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Decommissioned 1966
- Paramount Theater Gutted 1967
- Astor Hotel Demolished 1967
- Metropolitan Opera House Demolished 1967
- Singer Building Demolished 1968
- Madison Square Garden Demolished 1968
- Bonwit Teller Department Store Demolished 1980
- Biltmore Hotel Gutted 1981
- LĂźchowâs Restaurant Burned 1982
- Horn & Hardart Automats Closed 1991
- Central Park Childrenâs Zoo Replaced 1997
- World Trade Center Towers Destroyed 2001
- Fulton Fish Market Abandoned 2005
- Moondance Diner Moved to Wyoming 2007
- Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium Demolished 2008
