Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Word about Place Names and Street Names ix
4. Introduction: Humanizing the Landscape 1
5. 1. Triumph and Tribulation on White Street 9
6. 2. The Land before It Was Minnie’s 26
7. 3. Arcadia Found . . . 40
8. 4. . . . and Too Quickly Lost 54
9. 5. Audubon Park Begins to Bloom 65
10. 6. Fruit Basket Turnover 81
11. 7 Audubon Park’s New Power Brokers 93
12. 8. The Hemlocks 108
13. 9 Three Widows, Three Households. 118
14. 10. Reconstructing the Park 131
15. 11. A Gilded Lily 143
16. 12. Panic 159
17. 13. Halcyon Days 173
18. 14 Waning Days of Summer 192
19. 15 Exit Strategy 208
20. 16 Partition Suit 223
21. 17. Clinging to the Past . . . 235
22. 18. . . . and Facing the Future 247
23. 19. Rapid Transit, Rapid Transformation 261
24. 20. When the Bloom Faded 279
25. Postscript 296
26. Acknowledgments 320
27. Notes 324
28. Bibliography 366
29. Index 378