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Author:

Wertz, Julia, illustrator. illustrator.

Title:

Tenements, Towers & Trash : An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City / Julia Wertz.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

282 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm

Subject:

Graphic novel.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.
Business enterprises--New York--New York--Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works.
Wertz, Julia.

Notes:

"Parts of this book first appeared in New Yorker magazine and/or Harper's magazine". Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"In Tenements, Towers & Trash, Julia Wertz takes us behind the New York that you think you know. Not the tourist's New York-the Statue of Liberty makes a brief appearance and the Empire State Building not at all-but the guts, the underbelly, of this city that never sleeps. With drawings and comics in her signature style, Wertz regales us with streetscapes "Then and Now" and little-known tales, such as the lost history of Kim's Video, the complicated and unresolved business of Ray's Pizza, the vintage trash and horse bones that litter the shore of Brooklyn's Bottle Beach, the ludicrous pinball prohibition, Staten Island's secret abandoned boatyard, and the hair-raising legend of the infamous abortionist of Fifth Avenue, Madame Restell. From bars, bakeries, and bookstores to food carts, street cleaners, and apartments both cramped and grand, Tenements, Towers & Trash is a wild ride in a time machine taxi from the present day city to bygone days of yore."-- cover page 4.

ISBN:

0316501212
9780316501217

OCLC:

(OCoLC)972386128

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)