{"product_id":"10024-a-memoir-9781662932328","title":"10024: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Horwich | Nancy Horwich\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Gatekeeper Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Gatekeeper Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManhattan. The Upper West Side. Zip code 10024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA memoir of the author's early life from the ages of seven to thirty, when he lived in this rarefied air. The true star of the story, a New York neighborhood undergoing radical transformation, since repeated by the city's other four boroughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1938, the author remembers city elements lost to development: the schools, restaurants, parks, playing fields, stores, and the buildings themselves. \"Broadway\" was a cobblestone boulevard with trolleys. Indian Walk Shoe Store had a fluoroscope x-ray machine that let you see your toes wiggle inside your shoes. Egg creams were universally available. Lincoln Center was a slum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will appreciate this and other details of a bygone era in this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eentertaining recollection of the life and the social history of one of New York's most famous and influential neighborhoods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46448107389079,"sku":"9781662932328","price":1383.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781662932328.webp?v=1769142740","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/10024-a-memoir-9781662932328","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}