Tenements, Towers & Trash : An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City
by
Julia Wertz
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0316582336
ISBN-13
9780316582339
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Imprint
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Country of Manufacture
CN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 29th, 2025
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
1,066 grams
Dimensions
25.80 x 19.60 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Graphic novels: true stories & non-fictionHistory of the Americas20th century history: c 1900 to c 200021st century history: from c 2000 -Social & cultural historyHistoryHistory of the AmericasSocial and cultural historyLocal historyGraphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditionsClassic European style / tradition comic booksComic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage)
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Revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed, New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz (author of Impossible People). Published in paperback and a reduced trim size.
An acclaimed cartoonist presents New York City as you've never seen it before, with a side-splittingly funny illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, the guts, and the little known charms (and horrors) of the greatest city in the world.
In Tenements, Towers & Trash, Julia Wertz takes us behind, underneath, around, and into the New York that you think you know. Not the tourist's New York (the Statue of Liberty makes a brief appearance and the Empire State Building not at all), but the underbelly of the city that never sleeps. With drawings and comics in her signature style, Wertz regales us with streetscapes "Then and Now" and little-known tales, such as the lost history of Kim's Video, the complicated and unresolved business of Ray's Pizza, the vintage trash and horse bones that litter the shore of Brooklyn's Bottle Beach, the ludicrous pinball prohibition, Staten Island's secret abandoned boatyard, and the hair-raising legend of the infamous abortionist of Fifth Avenue, Madame Restell.
From bars, bakeries, and bookstores to food carts, street cleaners, and apartments both cramped and grand, Tenements, Towers & Trash is a wild ride in a time machine taxi from the present day city to bygone days of yore.
**A New York Times Notable Book of the Year**
In Tenements, Towers & Trash, Julia Wertz takes us behind, underneath, around, and into the New York that you think you know. Not the tourist's New York (the Statue of Liberty makes a brief appearance and the Empire State Building not at all), but the underbelly of the city that never sleeps. With drawings and comics in her signature style, Wertz regales us with streetscapes "Then and Now" and little-known tales, such as the lost history of Kim's Video, the complicated and unresolved business of Ray's Pizza, the vintage trash and horse bones that litter the shore of Brooklyn's Bottle Beach, the ludicrous pinball prohibition, Staten Island's secret abandoned boatyard, and the hair-raising legend of the infamous abortionist of Fifth Avenue, Madame Restell.
From bars, bakeries, and bookstores to food carts, street cleaners, and apartments both cramped and grand, Tenements, Towers & Trash is a wild ride in a time machine taxi from the present day city to bygone days of yore.
**A New York Times Notable Book of the Year**
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