Parkchester: A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity
(Part of the Washington Mews Books Series and Washington Mews (#6) Series)
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The eight-decade story of a New York neighborhood In 1940, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company opened a planned community in the East Bronx, New York. A model of what the neighborhood would become was first displayed to an excited public at the 1939 World's Fair. Parkchester was celebrated as a "city within a city," offering many of the attractions and comforts of suburbia, but without the transportation issues that plagued commuters...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1479896705
ISBN13:9781479896707
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:Washington Mews Books/Nyu Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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