Manhattan at Mid-Century KN the extraordinary-the forgotten

the extraordinary-the forgotten

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Deriving from a Hastings Center research project involving meetings with a national task force of experts and extensive interviews with 98 nonprofit hospital trustees and CEOs over a two-year period

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Manhattan at Mid-Century KN the extraordinary-the forgottenExperience the mosaic of mid century Manhattan in this exuberant oral history that begins in the post World War II years when the city came into its own, and ends in the mid 1970s when it nearly went bust. This is the story of a time when great ocean liners were docked in the Hudson River ports, Checker cabs hurtled across a two way Fifth Avenue, and the Third Avenue el cast long shadows onto the street below. There are recollections of Friday night