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Peter Salwen Collection


MATERIAL FROM THE COLLECTION OF PETER SALWEN
Donated to the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group in 2018


Architecture
           
            Goldberger, Paul. The Skyscraper. New York: Knopf, 1982
                        (A history of the skyscraper, extending beyond New York City, with many
                        illustrations.)
           
            Lockwood, Charles. Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, 1783-1929, An
                        Architectural & Social History. New York: McGraw Hill, 1972
                                    (A detailed work containing many illustrations.)


            Stern, Robert A. M., Gregory Gilmartin, and John Massengale. Stern, Gilmart, New York
                        1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915.  New York: Rizzoli,
                        1983
                                    (A substantial, detailed work embracing city planning and transportation
                                    as well as architecture, with chapters on different types of buildings, as
                                    well as neighborhoods including the West End and Morningside Heights.)
           
            Sturgis, Russell. The City House. [The East and South.] [“Vol VII.--74”].
                        (An article cut out of an unnamed journal. It dwells on typical
                        floorplans of houses in several cities, taking an unfavorable view of New York’s.)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder


Geography


            Smith, James Ruell. Springs and Wells of Manhattan and Bronx. New York: New-York
                        Historical Society, 1938
                        (The author photographed and investigated the springs and wells at the turn of
                        the 20th century.)


Guides and Maps
           
            Kelley, Frank Bergen. Excursion Planned for the City History Club of New York, No. VII--
                        New York City, South of Wall Street New York: City History Club, 1898


            Kroessler, Jeffrey A. A Guide to Historical Map Resources for Greater New York
                        Chicago: Speculum Orbis Press, 1988 [signed by the author]


            Miller, J. The 1866 Guide to New York City New York: Schocken Books, 1975
                        (A paperback reprint of New York As It Is: or Stranger’s Guide-Book to the cities
                        of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent Places: comprising notices of Every Object
                        of Interest to Strangers; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of
                        amusement, literary institutions, etc. With numerous illustrations.


            Salwen, Peter. Riverside Drive: The First 101 Years. Two Dollar Tour, 1981.
                        (A folding self-guided tour map, covering the drive from West 72nd Street to
                                    Tiemann Place. Five copies. )
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder


            True, Clarence. A True History of Riverside Drive. New York: Press of Unz & Co, 1899
                        Reprinted by the Far West 77th Street Block Association, 1974


            Taurenac, John. Culture Bus Loop 1, Manhattan. 1973
                        (A small booklet full of information on numerous sites of interest on the west
                        side.)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder


            Washington, Eric K. Manhattanville: Old Heart of West Harlem. Charleston: Arcadia,
                        2002
                                    (A pictorial history, with correspondence between the author and Peter
                                    Salwen interleaved)


            A Guide to New York City Landmarks (1978 booklet)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder


            Visitors Guide to New York (folding map distributed by the New York Convention &
                        Visitors Bureau, 1956)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder
 
            Central Park Is… (folding map)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder
           
See also: “Landmark Preservation”




Landmark Preservation


            A Guide to New York City Landmarks (1978 booklet)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder


            Mendelssohn, Joyce. New York Landmarks Conservancy 1973-1998: 25 Years of
                        Preserving New York. New York: New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1998
                                    (A detailed booklet with many photographs.)


            Pyke, Jr, John S. Landmark Preservation, second edition. New York: Citizens Union
                        Research Foundation, 1972 (first published 1969)
                                    (A more general treatment of preservation, including New York examples.)


            Landmark West “Saving the Best of the West” Newsletter Fall 1990
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder
 
Literature
           
            Federal Writers’ Project. New York Panorama: The Best of 1930s New York New York,
                        Pantheon Books, 1984
                                    (A fascinating collection of detailed articles on New York by authors
                                    employed by the Works Progress Administration during the Great
                                    Depression. Originally published 1938.)
 
            Klein, Alexander, editor. The Empire City: A Treasury of New York. New York and
                        Toronto: Rinehart and Company, 1955
                                    (“All the best ever written about New York”)
 
            Wilson, Rufus Rockwell, and Otilie Erickson Wilson. New York in Literature: The Story
                        Told In The Landmarks of Town and Country. Elmira: Primavera Press, 1947
                                    (This book takes New York City and its environs neighborhood by
                                    neighborhood, town by town, telling of literary events and notables            
                                    associated with each.)
 
Maps  
 
            See “Guides and Maps”
 
Memoir
 
            Morris, Lloyd. A Threshold in the Sun. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1943
                        By the author of Incredible New York
 
            Thaw, Harry K. The Traitor. Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1926
 
Parks
 
            Karp, Walter. The Central Park, an article from American Heritage, April/May Issue 1981
 
Reed, Henry Hope, and Sophia Duckworth. Central Park: A History and A Guide. New    
                        York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1967
 
Whitson, Skip, editor. New York City 100 Years Ago: Central Park Albuquerque: Sun
                        Books 1976
                                    (“Assembled from Scribner’s 1873” with many etchings.)
 
Laredo, Victor, and Henry Hope Reed. Central Park: A Photographic Guide New York:
                        Dover Publications, 1979
 
Teel, Mary Lou, and Peter J. Kaplan. Riverside Park: The Past Present, & Future. New
                        York: Riverside Park Fund, 1987
 
            Historical postcard of the Soldiers and Salors Monument, stamped with 1 cent stamp
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder
                       
            Riverside Park Fund 1989/90 Annual Report
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items”
 
See also: “Guides” and “Photography”
 
People
 
            King, Moses. King’s Notable New Yorkers 1896-1899. New York: Bartlett and Company,
                        1899
 
            Fosdick, Sina. Nicholas Roerich. New York: Nicholas Roerich Museum, 1964
                        A brief biography, with announcements, interleaved, of events       
                        mounted by the museum in 1981
 
Photography
 
            Feininger, Andreas, and Susan E. Lyman. The Face of New York: The City As It Was and
                        As It Is. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1954
           
            Feininger, Andreas, and John von Hartz. New York in the Forties. New York: Dover
                        Publications, 1978
 
            Gillon, Jr., Edmund V., and Edward B. Watson. New York Then and Now. New York:
                        Dover Publications, 1976
 
            Katz, Baruch, editor. Who Needs Parks? New York? 1975
                        (This commemorates a travelling exhibition of “The Riverside Park Photography
                        Project,” photographs by 40 photographers in response to the proposal to build
                        the West Side Highway.)
           
Social History
           
            Batterberry, Michael & Ariane. On The Town in New York. New York: Scribner’s, 1973
                        (“A history of eating, drinking, and entertainments from 1776 to the present”)
 
            St Michael’s Church July 13, 1980 Bulletin
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder
 
Theater
 
            Atkinson, Brooks. Broadway. New York: Macmillan, 1974
                                    (A history of Broadway theater beginning in 1900. Revised edition)
 
            Morehouse, Ward. Matinee Tomorrow: 50 Years of Our Theater New York: Whittlesey
                        House, 1949
 
            Program booklet from “The Circle” theater, Broadway and 60th Street, 1903-4
                        (“Refined Vaudeville”)
                        Filed in “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder
 
PERIODICALS
 
Columbus Ave: the Magazine of the Upper West Side, issues containing Peter Salwen’s
            columns in the series “Change at 59th Street,” as follows:
                        October 1982: Flash and Fashion on Old Riverside Drive
                        November, 1982: A Boulevard Called Broadway
                        February, 1983: Central Park West
                        March, 1983: Doughty Dowager [West End Avenue]
                        April, 1903: Emerging Butterfly— Columbus Avenue
                        May, 1983: A Palace for the Muses [The Ansonia Hotel]
                        June, 1983: “L’Affaire” Gorki And Other Literary Excitements
                        July, 1983: West 67th Street: “The Street Beautiful”
                        September, 1983: West 76th: “An Aura Of The Past”
                        October, 1983: A Bouquet of Rogues: Some Upper West Side Ne’er Do Wells
                        November, 1983: Rascals & Plug Uglies: Some More Upper West Side
                                    Scoundrels
                        December, 1983: The Melody Makers: Upper West Siders Who Taught Broadway
                                    to Sing
                        February, 1984: Harsenville: A Vanished West Side Hamlet
                        March-April, 1984: Isaac and Julia Rice: Just A Quiet West Side Couple
                        Mid Summer, 1984: Rich Facades and Graceful Towers: West Side Churches
                                    From The Age of Opulence
 
The New York Chronicle (a quarterly devoted to New York City history)
                        Volume 1 Number 1 (undated— 1987)
                        Volume 2 Number 4 1988
                        Volume 3 Number 2 Winter 1989
                        Volume 5 Number 1 Summer 1991
                        Volume 5 Number 3 Spring/Summer 1992
                        Volume 6 Number 2 Summer 1993
                        Volume 8 Number 1 Summer 1995
                        Volume 8 Number 2 Fall/Winter 1995
                        Volume 8 Number 3 Winter 1996
                        Volume 8 Number 4 Spring 1996
                        Volume 9 Number  2 Fall 1996
                        Volume 10 Number 1 Fall/Winter 1997
                        Volume 10 Number 3 Summer 1998
                        Volume 11 Number 1 Winter 1999
                        Volume 12 Number 1 Spring 2000

 
Contents of the “Miscellaneous Small Items” folder:
                       
            A Guide to New York City Landmarks (1978 booklet)
 
            Central Park Is… (folding map)
            “The Circle” theater program, Broadway and 60th Street, 1903-4
                        (“Refined Vaudeville”)
 
            Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District Map & Guide (64th to 83rd Streets,
                        2002)
 
            Historical postcard of the Soldiers and Salors Monument, stamped with 1 cent stamp
 
            Landmark West “Saving the Best of the West” Newsletter Fall 1990
 
            Riverside Park Fund 1989/90 Annual Report
 
            Salwen, Peter. Riverside Drive: The First 101 Years. Two Dollar Tour, 1981.
                        (A folding self-guided tour map, covering the drive from West 72nd Street to
                                    Tiemann Place. Five copies.)
 
            St Michael’s Church July 13, 1980 Bulletin
           
            Sturgis, Russell. The City House. [The East and South.] [“Vol VII.--74”].
                        (An article cut out of an unnamed journal. It dwells on typical
                        floorplans of houses in several cities, taking an unfavorable view of New York’s.)
 
            Taurenac, John. Culture Bus Loop 1, Manhattan. 1973
                        (A small booklet full of information on numerous sites of interest on the west
                        side.)
 
            Visitors Guide to New York (folding map distributed by the New York Convention &
           
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