From Abyssinian to Zion : : A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship / / David Dunlap.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Dunlap, David,
• MitwirkendeR: Goldberger, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 899 photos; 24 maps

From modest chapels to majestic cathedrals, and historic synagogues to modern mosques and Buddhist temples: this photo-filled, pocket-size guidebook presents 1,079 houses of worship in Manhattan and lays to rest the common perception that skyscrapers, bridges, and parks are the only defining moments in the architectural history of New York City. With his exhaustive research of the city's religious buildings, David W. Dunlap has revealed (and at times unearthed) an urban history that reinforces New York as a truly vibrant center of community and cultural diversity.Published in conjunction with a New-York Historical Society exhibition, From Abyssinian to Zion is a sometimes quirky, always intriguing journey of discovery for tourists as well as native New Yorkers. Which popular pizzeria occupies the site of the cradle of the Christian and Missionary Alliance movement, the Gospel Tabernacle? And where can you find the only house of worship in Manhattan built during the reign of Caesar Augustus? Arranged alphabetically, this handy guide chronicles both extant and historical structures and includes• 650 original photographs and 250 photographs from rarely seen archives• 24 detailed neighborhood maps, pinpointing the location of each building• concise listings, with histories of the congregations, descriptions of architecture, and accounts of prominent priests, ministers, rabbis, imams, and leading personalities in many of the congregations

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A: Lower Manhattan, Financial District, Battery Park City, South Street Seaport -- B: Tribeca, SoHo, Civic Center, Chinatown, Little Italy -- C: Chinatown, Lower East Side -- D: West Village -- E: Greenwich Village, East Village, SoHo -- F: Lower East Side, East Village, Alphabet City, Stuyvesant Town -- G: Chelsea, Hudson Yards, Garment Center -- H: Flatiron, Ladies' Mile, Gramercy, Murray Hill, Kips Bay -- I: Hell's Kitchen, Clinton, Times Square, Theater District -- J: Midtown, Rockefeller Center, Grand Central, Turtle Bay -- K: Columbus Circle, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side -- L: Plaza District, Lenox Hill, Upper East Side -- M: Upper West Side -- N: Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, Yorkville -- O: Upper West Side, Manhattan Valley -- P: Upper East Side, El Barrio -- Q: Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, Harlem -- R: Harlem, Mount Morris, East Harlem, El Barrio, Italian Harlem -- S: Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Sugar Hill -- T: Harlem -- U: Harlem, Washington Heights -- V: Washington Heights, Hudson Heights, Fort Washington -- W: Fort George, Fort Tryon, Inwood -- X: Inwood, Marble Hill -- INTRODUCTION -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P-Q -- R -- St. -- S -- T -- U-V -- W -- Y-Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS AND PERMISSIONS -- INDEX