The WPA guide to New York City : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s New York : a comprehensive guide to the five boroughs of the metropolis-- Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond /

The WPA guide to New York City : the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s New York : a comprehensive guide to the five boroughs of the metropolis-- Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : The New Press, c1992.
Description:	xxxii, 700 p., [64] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	New York (N.Y.) -- Guidebooks. New York (State) -- New York. Guidebooks.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2407450

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Other title:	W.P.A. guide to New York City.
Other authors / contributors:	Federal Writers' Project.
ISBN:	1565843215
Notes:	Reprint. Originally published: New York City guide. Rev. ed. New York : Random House, c1939. (American guide series) Includes index. Bibliography: p. 649-657.

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Summary:	Originally published in 1939 at the time of the World's Fair, this is a reissue of this guide for time-travellers. It offers New York-lovers and 1930s-buffs a look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost only a few cents, a room at the Plaza 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, the big liners sailed at midnight, and Times Square was considered the crossroads of the world.
Item Description:	Reprint. Originally published: New York City guide. Rev. ed. New York : Random House, c1939. (American guide series) Includes index.
Physical Description:	xxxii, 700 p., [64] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p. 649-657.
ISBN:	1565843215