{"product_id":"10024-richard-horwich-9781662932328","title":"10024: A Memoir","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Horwich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662932324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662932328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gatekeeper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d","brand":"Richard Horwich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132123836671,"sku":"9781662932328","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dc9b075-0cd2-42d2-be20-8d4b86c213e3.jpg?v=1687478359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/10024-richard-horwich-9781662932328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}