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African American neighborhoods Board books Community development United States Community life New York (State) New York Horn & Hardart Automat-Cafeteria Building (New York, N.Y. : 2710 Broadway) Neighborhoods Neighborhoods New York (State) New York Neighborhoods United States New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs New York (State) New YorkSummary: The Automat recounts the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, which served affordable food to millions of New Yorkers and Philadelphians for more than a century. Founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart in 1888, it revolutionized the nation's restaurant scene with technology that captured the public's imagination like nothing else the customer put nickels into slots, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AUTBeard, Hilary
Summary: A young adult adaptation of Tim Madigan's The Burning, which discusses the circumstances of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.6 BEAWarren, Donald I.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Johnson, Johnson & Roy?] 1974
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 307 WarrenLyles, Brian.
Summary: Provides complete step-by-step instructions for multistory buildings, recliners, and traffic lights constructed with LEGO pieces.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: No Starch Press, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 688.7 LYLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Lego LylesNelson, Marilyn
Summary: "One of America's most honored writers--a Newbery Honor medalist, Coretta Scott King Medalist, and a three-time National Book Award finalist--draws upon history, and her astonishing imagination, to revive the long lost community of Seneca Village."--Jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Namelos 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 NELSciolino, Elaine
Summary: "Part memoir, part travelogue, part love letter to the people who live and work on a magical street in Paris. Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. 'I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs,' Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 944 SCICalhoun, Ada.
Summary: St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O’Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the street’s apex. This idiosyncratic work of reportage tells the many layered history of the street—from its beginnings as Colonial...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 CALEvans, Shira
Summary: Describes the various people and their jobs in your neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Partners LLC 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN EVAKaplan, Seth D.
Summary: "The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live. Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration, addiction, alienation, and despair. Even the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.14 KAPSchleicher, Amanda
Summary: Today on our walk around the block as we talk about what we see...We see an opportunity to learn while having fun and being active! Today On Our Walk is an ImaginEngine® book, which means that recommendations for activities to enhance the reading experience are provided in the book by author and occupational therapist, Amanda Schleicher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AuthorHouse 0000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Young SchleicherSummary: Black in the Middle brings the voices of Black Midwesterners front and center. Filled with compelling personal narratives, thought-provoking art, and searing commentaries, this anthology explores the various meanings and experiences of blackness throughout the Rust Belt, the Midwest, and the Great Plains. Bringing together people from major metropolitan centers like Detroit and Chicago as well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belt Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.0496 BLAAttie, Alice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quantuck Lane Press 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974.71 AttRoberts, Steven V.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.9 ROBRobertson, Aaron
Summary: "A memoiristic history of Black utopian movements in the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 ROBCashin, Sheryll
Summary: "A meditation on how America protects and overinvests in "white space" and disinvests, surveils, and stereotypes in "the Hood;" Cashin calls for abolition of these anti-Black processes and bold new investment to repair poor Black neighborhoods and our broken race relations"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1 CASMcBride, James
Summary: "In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 0000
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Summary: "Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang discover a new neighborhood. There are so many places to explore, including a library, post office, fire station, and more! Young readers will delight in using the clues in the text and photos to guess which place the gang is visiting before turning the page"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set Scooby SazaklisBerger, Joseph
Summary: Explores the ethnically diverse and constantly changing neighborhoods of New York City to bring to life its people, culture, cuisine, and sights, while demonstrating that people of varied backgrounds can live together in harmony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.47 BERGreene, Ronnie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 GREMcKnight, John
Summary: "This book challenges the conventional wisdom about what you and I can do as citizens to shape our future. McKnight and Block offer concrete examples of what citizens can do and have done by drawing on resources in their families and communities."---David Mathews, President, Kettering Foundation" ""This book is the basis for health and happiness in any society. A must-read".---Quentin Young,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Planning Association 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult McKnightRogers, Fred
Summary: The lyrics of Fred Rogers' much-loved classic song from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood are brought to life in a gift-appropriate board book that features a diverse array of families and friendships.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2020
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE ROGCashill, Jack
Summary: "In Untenable, Cashill broadens the canvas to tell the story of his neighborhood and others like it. His is the first serious book on the subject of 'white flight' written from the perspective of those forced to flee. Cashill and the scores of people he interviewed speak candidly about race, schools, and crime--subjects that are essential to any honest understanding of the issue. Like J.D....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.3362 CASHarrison, Carlos.
Summary: Tells the unforgettable story of patriotism about twenty-two Mexican American families who lived on one street in a small Illinois railroad town that sent fifty-seven of their children to fight in World War II and Korea--more than any other place that size in the country. Eight of those children died. Based on interviews with relatives, friends, and soldiers it is the compelling account of a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014