The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It

"An illuminating treat! . . . it retraces the neighborhood's fascinating arc from remote woodland estate to the enduring Beaux Arts streetscape." -Eric K. Washington, award-winning author of Boss of the Grips

This fully illustrated history peels back the many layers of a rural society evolving into an urban community, enlivened by the people who propelled it forward: property owners, tenants, laborers, and servants. It tells the intricate tale of how individual choices in the face of family...