Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: My Riverside 1
4. THE HISTORY
5. 1 In the Beginning: Into the Woods 5
6. 2 Post–Civil War: Veterans and Visionaries 24
7. 3 Olmsted’s Plan: Parks for the People 29
8. 4 Expansion: Up and Over 42
9. 5 Getting Ready: Build It and They Will Come . . . Maybe 44
10. 6 Monumental Change: The City Beautiful Movement 51
11. 7 Custom of the City: Society Rules 53
12. 8 The Pioneers: Marvelous Mansions and Ravishing Row Houses 58
13. 9 Movin’ On Up: The Rise of the Apartment House 76
14. 10 Downhill Racing: Moses to the Rescue 86
15. 11 Decline and Fall: Gritty City 97
16. 12 Getting Better: The 1980s until Today 101
17. THE SIGHTS
18. 13 The Seductive Seventies 107
19. 14 The Elegant Eighties 126
20. 15 The Very Nice Nineties 143
21. 16 The Happy Hundreds, Part 1: 100th–116th Streets 156
22. 17 The Happy Hundreds, Part 2: 117th–129th Streets 188
23. 18 The Rest 200
24. 19 The Final Chapter: And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going 205
25. GLOSSARY: ARCHITECTURAL TERMS CHEAT SHEET 209
26. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 217
27. NOTES 219
28. INDEX 231