Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Benefactor Planning Barnum’s Bridgeport and Steinway’s Queens 15
5. 2. Laying Out the Trans- Harlem City 48
6. 3. Working-Class Leisure on the Upper East River and Sound 80
7. 4. Designing a Coastal Playland around Long Island Sound 120
8. 5. “They Shall Not Pass” Opposition to Public Leisure and State Park Planning 158
9. 6. “From Dumps to Glory” Flushing Meadows and the New York World’s Fair of 1939–1940 188
10. Epilogue. The Limits of the World of Tomorrow 221
11. Acknowledgments 233
12. Notes 237
13. Selected Bibliography 299
14. Index 309