Table of Contents
"A Sort of Geographical Vivisection": A Note on Structure xiii
Preface xv
Mile 1 Bowling Green to City Hall Park
1 Soaring Things 3
2 Mud And Fire 13
3 Promenade 26
4 Fire and Progress 35
5 Barnum 44
6 Traffic 51
Mile 2 City Hall Park to Houston Street
7 Across the Meadows 63
8 "A Glance at New York" 69
9 Millionaires and Murderers 75
10 "Broadway is Never Finished" 85
Mile 3 Houston Street to Union Square
11 The Bend 93
12 Grace 103
13 Union 108
14 The Rialto 120
15 Incendiary Speech 126
Mile 4 Union Square to Herald Square
16 Ladies' Mile 137
17 The "Merry Chair War" 144
18 The Freak Building 153
19 The "Light Cure" 161
Mile 5 Herald Square to Columbus Circle
20 Great White Way 175
21 Eden 183
22 Times Square Types 195
23 Broadway Ghosts 207
Mile 6 Columbus Circle to 79th Street
24 The Boulevard 217
25 "Down There" 224
26 Chickens on the Roof 229
27 Harsenville 234
Mile 7 79th Street to 106th Street
28 The Raven of Speculation 241
29 Boomtown 249
30 Hometown 259
Mile 8 106th Street to 122nd Street
31 Asylum 269
32 Acropolis 276
33 God's Skyscrapers 285
Mile 9 122nd Street to 143rd Street
34 "Honest to Goodness Slum Land" 295
35 Murderville 303
Mile 10 143rd Street to 165th Street
36 The House on the Hill 313
37 Necropolis 326
38 Minnie's Land 331
Mile 11 165th Street to 179th Street
39 The Heights 343
40 Hilltoppers 348
41 The Fourth Reich 354
42 The Bridge 359
43 The Cut 365
Mile 12 179th Street to Dyckmaan Street
44 Mr. Billings 373
45 Mr. Molenaor 380
46 Mr. Barnard 386
Mile 13 Dyckman Street to 228th Street
47 Life and Death in Inwood 395
48 The Last Farm 401
49 Indian Trail 409
50 Where Does This Road End? 415
Acknowledgments 421
Notes 425
Bibliography 477
Illustration Credits 489
Index 491