A Seemingly Viable Neighborhood That No Longer Exists Weeksville, Lost and Found, 1910–2010
In the early twentieth century, two significant developments, both relating to transportation, added new elements to the landscape. One was the continued growth of rail transport, creating the iconic elevated trains that ran along the historic route of the Long Island Railroad on Atlantic Avenue. Th...
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Published in | Brooklyn's Promised Land p. 226 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United States
NYU Press
07.11.2014
New York University Press |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | In the early twentieth century, two significant developments, both relating to transportation, added new elements to the landscape. One was the continued growth of rail transport, creating the iconic elevated trains that ran along the historic route of the Long Island Railroad on Atlantic Avenue. The second change was the automobile. To accommodate new gas-powered cars and trucks, people in Weeksville constructed dozens of one-story garages all over their neighborhoods. Many of these still stood in the early twenty-first century.
Otherwise, most of Weeksville’s built environment—blocks and blocks of Italianate-inspired row houses and commercial structures—reflected its nineteenth-century expansion. |
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ISBN: | 0814724159 9780814724156 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814744468.003.0012 |