{"product_id":"crossing-broadway-washington-heights-and-the-promise-of-new-york-city-paperback","title":"Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert W. Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert W. Snyder's \u003ci\u003eCrossing Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restore parks, and work with the police to bring safety to streets racked by crime and fear. It shows how a neighborhood once nicknamed \"Frankfurt on the Hudson\" for its large population of German Jews became \"Quisqueya Heights\"--the home of the nation's largest Dominican community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Washington Heights illuminates New York City's long passage from the Great Depression and World War II through the urban crisis to the globalization and economic inequality of the twenty-first century. Washington Heights residents played crucial roles in saving their neighborhood, but its future as a home for working-class and middle-class people is by no means assured. The growing gap between rich and poor in contemporary New York puts new pressure on the Heights as more affluent newcomers move into buildings that once sustained generations of wage earners and the owners of small businesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrossing Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e is based on historical research, reporting, and oral histories. Its narrative is powered by the stories of real people whose lives illuminate what was won and lost in northern Manhattan's journey from the past to the present. A tribute to a great American neighborhood, this book shows how residents learned to cross Broadway--over the decades a boundary that has separated black and white, Jews and Irish, Dominican-born and American-born--and make common cause in pursuit of one of the most precious rights: the right to make a home and build a better life in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert W. Snyder is Associate Professor of Journalism and American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTransit Talk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of the City\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eMetropolitan Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly the editor of \u003ci\u003eMedia Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, he also worked at \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, the journalism review \u003ci\u003eMore\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTarrytown Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, and Channel 13\/WNET, the public television station of New York City. Snyder served as a consultant and interview source for National Public Radio's Sonic Memorial project on September 11 and the World Trade Center, which won the Peabody Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693340037183,"sku":"9781501746840","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/96437c4019ef3a4d191b4f229a49d12b.webp?v=1764998596","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/crossing-broadway-washington-heights-and-the-promise-of-new-york-city-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}