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1185 Park Avenue
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Author : Anne Roiphe
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1999-08-13
1185 Park Avenue written by Anne Roiphe and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this captivating memoir, novelist Anne Roiphe shows us what it was really like to grow up rich and Jewish in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Revisiting the world of her childhood, Roiphe brings alive a cast of characters who are both difficult to love and impossible to forget. Through the eyes of this precocious, loving daughter, we witness the brutalities that lurked behind the mah-jongg tables, cocktail parties, and summer houses of her family. By turns heartbreaking, funny, and mercilessly honest, Roiphe's story exposes the fault lines of misery that exploded in domestic battles on the home front, far overshadowing the war overseas. The locus of the story is 1185 Park Avenue. It is one of the buildings on the northern end of the avenue -- just before the train tracks mark the beginning of Harlem -- that wealthy Jewish families claimed as their own in the first half of the 20th century. Amidst the maids and the governesses and the doormen and the psychiatrists live the members of the Roth family, in Apartment 8C. They include an unfaithful father who uses his wife's fortune to entertain other women and play cards at his club; a misfit son who won't eat his food because he believes his parents are trying to poison him; a disappointed mother who waits all day for her five o'clock scotch and her crossword puzzle; and an eager daughter who tries to negotiate peace at the dinner table. Bound by custom and greed, as well as love, they stay together until their world at 1185 Park has done its damage. Only the daughter escapes whole -- to become the writer we now know as Anne Roiphe. 1185 Park Avenue is both a history of an era and a portrait of the artist as a young woman. Roiphe makes it impossible for us to view the 1940s and 1950s with unabashed nostalgia or to think the same way about the people who were crushed by its lies and deceptions. Her redemption, though bittersweet, stands as a haunting triumph long after we have turned the last page of her compelling story.
Eleven Eighty Five Park Avenue A Memoir
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Author : Anne Richardson Roiphe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Eleven Eighty Five Park Avenue A Memoir written by Anne Richardson Roiphe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Jews categories.
Transcript Of The Enrollment Books
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Author : New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Transcript Of The Enrollment Books written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Voting registers categories.
Manhattan Classic
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Author : Geoffrey Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2014-06-10
Manhattan Classic written by Geoffrey Lynch and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-10 with Architecture categories.
The Dakota. The Apthorp. The San Remo. The names of these legendary New York apartment buildings evoke images of marble-lined lobbies, uniformed doormen, and sunlit penthouses with sweeping Central Park views. Built from the 1880s through 1930s, classic prewar apartments were designed to lure townhouse dwellers reluctant to share a roof with other families. Billed as private mansions in the sky, they promised a charmed Manhattan lifestyle of elegance and luxury. Manhattan Classic takes readers on a lavishly illustrated guided tour of eighty-five of the most coveted buildings in New York. Author Geoffrey Lynch provides capsule histories—equal parts architectural and social history— of the most celebrated examples, with anecdotes about well-known residents and essential information about notable features. This gorgeous coffee table book is an indispensible resource for apartment hunters, real estate and design professionals, and anyone fascinated by the grace and glamour of prewar style.
Modern Jewish Women Writers In America
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Author : E. Avery
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-05-28
Modern Jewish Women Writers In America written by E. Avery and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-28 with Social Science categories.
This collection includes groundbreaking essays, and interviews with scholars and writers which reveal that despite pressures of assimilation, personal goals, and in some cases, anti-Semitism, they have never been able to divorce their lives or literature from their heritage.
New York Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-07-28
New York Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-07-28 with categories.
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Architecture And Building
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
Architecture And Building written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Architecture categories.
Architectural Guidebook To New York City
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Author : Francis Morrone
language : en
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Release Date : 2009-09
Architectural Guidebook To New York City written by Francis Morrone and has been published by Gibbs Smith this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09 with Travel categories.
$21.95 paperback 1-58685-113-6 August6 x 8/ in, 432 pp, Black & White Photographs, Rights: W, ArchitecturevFrancis Morrone has returned to the buildings of his original guidebook once again to detail additions and changes in name and usage, and the book has been modified to reflect post September 11th New York City. With its thoughtful detail and out-of-the-ordinary observations, this guidebook is a must-have for New Yorkers, tourists, and architectural lovers everywhere.Francis Morrone is a lecturer and tour leader for the Municipal Art Society of New York, a nonprofit civic organization founded in 1893. His writings on architecture and New York history appear in The New Criterion, the City Journal, and other publications. His other books include An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn and An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia. He lives in Brooklyn.James Iska, whose work has been exhibited all over the world and has appeared in the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune, is currently on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago.
My Life Seen Through Our Eyes
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Author : Richard A. Brenner
language : en
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Release Date : 2012-04-25
My Life Seen Through Our Eyes written by Richard A. Brenner and has been published by Sunstone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This memoir by Richard A. Brenner was originally intended just for his children and grandchildren, but because of such great interest from friends and family, it is now available to all readers who appreciate active and creative careers and lives. Richard grew up in New Brunswick, New Jersey and enjoyed three diverse and successful business careers: the first was Bloomingdales in New York City, where he started as a junior executive trainee and left as a senior merchandise manager; the second, as president of Brenner Couture, a dress manufacturing firm, founded by him and his wife, Eleanor; and the third as a managing director on Wall Street. Eleanor and Richard now live in Santa Fe, New Mexico where they demonstrate their passion for children through the non-profit they founded together in 2003, First Serve - New Mexico. Through these efforts this dedicated couple is truly changing children’s lives, one child at a time, one day at a time.
Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2
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Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2020-10-27
Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2 written by Stanley Turkel CMHS and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Architecture categories.
The fourteen architects featured in this book designed 304 hotels and apartment hotels. Many were designed on the European plan for families to live without full service kitchens. Meals were prepared and served in restaurant-type dining rooms catering exclusively to residents and their families. The apartment hotels employed full-time service staffs who prepared and served daily room service meals. The first apartment hotels were built between 1880 and 1895. They were followed by a second wave of construction after the passage of the 1899 building code and the 1901 Tenement House Law. The third wave of apartment hotel construction occurred during the 1920s and ended with the Great Depression of the thirties. The passage of the Multiple Dwelling Act of 1929 altered height and bulk restrictions and permitted high-rise apartment buildings for the first time.