Description
Book SynopsisVisit Brooklyn's vast historical landmarks, from the familiar to the hidden.
Trade Review"Well researched"--Library Journal Praise for The Big Onion Guide to New York City:"One could scarcely find a more informative and engaging guide than this book... It is a delight, deeply knowledgeable, presented with wit and style. Would that more historians engage the public so well." --New York History"A wondeful little guide probing many historic neighborhoods and buildings." --The Bookwatch"A nice mix of the fun and the factual." --Block Magazine "The founders of the acclaimed Big Onion Walking Tours outline 10 historical walks in their home borough, from America's first pencil factory to Bedford-Stuyvesant's beautiful row houses to Coney Island."--San Francisco Chronicle.
Table of ContentsForeword by Kevin Baker IntroductionDowntown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights: Manhattan's "Nearest Country Retreat" Fort Greene and Clinton Hill: From Revolutionary War to Cultural Center Bedford-Stuyvesant: "In Those High Rooms Life Soared and Ebbed" Williamsburg: A "Polyglot Population" Greenpoint: American Warsaw Park Slope: "A Land of Terra Cotta and Red Brick" Prospect Park: "Landscape Painted by a Skilled Hand" Green-Wood Cemetery: Brooklyn's Great Victorian Legacy =Sunset Park: "How Sweet It Is!" Coney Island: The "Nickel Empire" Sources About the Contributors Index About Big Onion Walking Tours
