Waterfront Manhattan: From Henry Hudson to the High Line

by Kurt C. Schlichting Narrated by Joel Richards

Overview

For hundreds of years, the shorefront of Manhattan Island served as the country's center of trade, shipping, and commerce. With its maritime links across the oceans, along the Atlantic coast, and inland to the Midwest and New England, Manhattan became a global city and home to the world's busiest port. It was a world of docks, ships, tugboats, and ferries, filled with cargo and freight, a place where millions of immigrants entered the Promised Land.



In Waterfront Manhattan, Kurt C. Schlichting tells the story of the Manhattan waterfront as a struggle between public and private control of New York's priceless asset. Nature provided New York with a sheltered harbor but presented the city with a challenge: to find the necessary capital to build and expand the maritime infrastructure. From colonial times until after the Civil War, the city ceded control of the waterfront to private interests, excluding the public entirely and sparking a battle between shipping companies, the railroads, and ferries for access to the waterfront.



Waterfront Manhattan is a wide-ranging history that will dazzle anyone who is fascinated by New York.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Well researched, engagingly told, and rich in historical, sociological, and economic detail, Waterfront Manhattan represents a new way to look at the ascendancy and growth of America's most important city.
—Ray Bert, Civil Engineering

In Waterfront Manhattan, Schlichting has woven an impressive narrative which is sure to shed light on this underappreciated aspect of New York City history.
—Erin Becker, Long Island Maritime Museum, Global Maritime History

This is an important book. There is much to ponder on the future of New York City's harbor, encompassing all five of the city's boroughs and also New Jersey's shoreline.
—Evelyn Gonzalez, William Paterson University, Journal of American History

Civil Engineering - Ray Bert

Well researched, engagingly told, and rich in historical, sociological, and economic detail, Waterfront Manhattan represents a new way to look at the ascendancy and growth of America's most important city.

Global Maritime History - Erin Becker

In Waterfront Manhattan, Schlichting has woven an impressive narrative which is sure to shed light on this underappreciated aspect of New York City history.

Journal of American History - Evelyn Gonzalez

This is an important book. There is much to ponder on the future of New York City's harbor, encompassing all five of the city's boroughs and also New Jersey's shoreline.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170694471
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	02/12/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

Videos