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Author : Samuel Bulkley Ruggles
Release : 1875
Genre : New York (N.Y.)
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Book Synopsis The Rise and Growth of the Metropolis by : Samuel Bulkley Ruggles
Download or read book The Rise and Growth of the Metropolis written by Samuel Bulkley Ruggles. This book was released on 1875. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel B. Ruggles
Release : 2017-10-24
Genre : Reference
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Book Synopsis The Rise and Growth of the Metropolis (Classic Reprint) by : Samuel B. Ruggles
Download or read book The Rise and Growth of the Metropolis (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel B. Ruggles. This book was released on 2017-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise and Growth of the Metropolis City of new-york, and valued for taxes for the present year at are not included. Upwards of acres, mainly on the level plains of Morrisania, are already laid out in city blocks, and it is quite evident that, with the two lines of rapid transit to the City Hall, this valuation of must soon be very largely increased. The precise area, ascertained by recent surveys, is acres in the Twenty-third Ward, composed in part of Morrisania, and acres in the Twenty-fourth Ward, north of Morrisania and Spuyten Dayvel Creek, being in all acres. If 317 acres be deducted as unavailable for building purposes, it will leave the area acres. I remain, with much regard, respectfully your friend and servant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Christopher Robert Reed
Release : 2011-04-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929 by : Christopher Robert Reed
Download or read book The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929 written by Christopher Robert Reed. This book was released on 2011-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Roaring '20s, African Americans rapidly transformed their Chicago into a "black metropolis." In this book, Christopher Robert Reed describes the rise of African Americans in Chicago's political economy, bringing to life the fleeting vibrancy of this dynamic period of racial consciousness and solidarity. Reed shows how African Americans rapidly transformed Chicago and achieved political and economic recognition by building on the massive population growth after the Great Migration from the South, the entry of a significant working class into the city's industrial work force, and the proliferation of black churches. Mapping out the labor issues and the struggle for control of black politics and black business, Reed offers an unromanticized view of the entrepreneurial efforts of black migrants, reassessing previous accounts such as St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton's 1945 study Black Metropolis. Utilizing a wide range of historical data, The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920–1929 delineates a web of dynamic social forces to shed light on black businesses and the establishment of a black professional class. The exquisitely researched volume draws on fictional and nonfictional accounts of the era, black community guides, mainstream and community newspapers, contemporary scholars and activists, and personal interviews.
Author : Bruce Katz
Release : 2013-06-19
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis The Metropolitan Revolution by : Bruce Katz
Download or read book The Metropolitan Revolution written by Bruce Katz. This book was released on 2013-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders – mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists – are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need. In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. · New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy · Portland: Is selling the "sustainability" solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world · Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes · Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder · Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations · Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises · Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won't do it, citizens should demand it. The Metropolitan Revolution was the 2013 Foreword Reviews Bronze winner for Political Science.
Author : Stephen Puleo
Release : 2011-05-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A City So Grand by : Stephen Puleo
Download or read book A City So Grand written by Stephen Puleo. This book was released on 2011-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively history of Boston’s emergence as a world-class city—home to the likes of Frederick Douglass and Alexander Graham Bell—by a beloved Bostonian historian “It’s been quite a while since I’ve read anything—fiction or nonfiction—so enthralling.”—Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island Once upon a time, “Boston Town” was an insulated New England township. But the community was destined for greatness. Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis to emerge as one of the world’s great metropolises—one that achieved national and international prominence in politics, medicine, education, science, social activism, literature, commerce, and transportation. Long before the frustrations of our modern era, in which the notion of accomplishing great things often appears overwhelming or even impossible, Boston distinguished itself in the last half of the nineteenth century by proving it could tackle and overcome the most arduous of challenges and obstacles with repeated—and often resounding—success, becoming a city of vision and daring. In A City So Grand, Stephen Puleo chronicles this remarkable period in Boston’s history, in his trademark page-turning style. Our journey begins with the ferocity of the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and ends with the glorious opening of America’s first subway station, in 1897. In between we witness the thirty-five-year engineering and city-planning feat of the Back Bay project, Boston’s explosion in size through immigration and annexation, the devastating Great Fire of 1872 and subsequent rebuilding of downtown, and Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone utterance in 1876 from his lab at Exeter Place. These lively stories and many more paint an extraordinary portrait of a half century of progress, leadership, and influence that turned a New England town into a world-class city, giving us the Boston we know today.
