Brookline
Brookline

Author:

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738537245

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Brookline was settled in the mid-eighteenth century as a farming community along Pioneer Avenue, a state road from Pittsburgh to Washington. The West Liberty Development Company and the opening of the Liberty Tunnels, in 1924, helped this Pittsburgh neighborhood grow. The area became a choice locale for city workers and others to settle. It is also the home and birthplace of many notable persons, including basketball phenomenon Suzie McConnell and radio legend Craig "Porky" Chedwick. Today, Brookline is Pittsburgh's second largest neighborhood, boasting character, charm, and convenience.

Between City and Country
Between City and Country

Author: Ronald Dale Karr

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781625343048

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Inhaltsverzeichnis: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: In Search of Suburbia -- Part 1. Town into Suburb, 1790-1850 -- 1 New England Town -- 2 Commuters and Immigrants -- Part 2. Inventing Suburbia, 1850-1885 -- 3 The Great Divide -- 4 Building Blocks -- 5 The New Landscape of Suburban Politics -- 6 Suburbia Real and Imagined -- Part 3. Suburbia Realized, 1885-1900 -- 7 Boulevards and Trolleys -- 8 Defining Suburbia -- 9 Contested Ground -- 10 Suburbia on a Hill -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.

Brookline
Brookline

Author: Bruce A Phillips

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1000097374

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First published in 1990, Brookline: The Evolution of an American Jewish Suburb explores how Brookline became home to one of America’s most vibrant Jewish communities. For over a century, Brookline, Massachusetts, was one of the oldest and most elite suburbs in America. By the end of the Second World War, its transformation into a distinctly Jewish suburb had begun. Through the use of sociological oral history, the book seeks to present the social world of Brookline Jews as they experienced it. Combined with a variety of documentary resources, such as newspapers and congregational "bulletins", it contextualises the accounts of the informants consulted to provide both factual and ethnographic validation and a detailed insight into the process by which this elite Yankee suburb became a core Jewish community.

Brookline
Brookline

Author: Greer Hardwicke

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738549743

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A suburb of Boston with its own distinctive identity, Brookline, Massachusetts is explored through the years in this delightful pictorial history. Join authors Greer Hardwicke and Roger Reed in a celebration of the people and places of Brookline from 1680 to 1940. Brookline boasts many notable historical figures such as Dr. Thomas Boylston, originator of a smallpox vaccine, King Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, and Charles Sprague Sargent, founder of the Arnold Arboretum. Among these notable figures residing in Brookline were many wealthy Boston merchants who maintained estates in the popular suburb. The exquisite images in this collection provide views of a wide range of architecture, from impressive eighteenth-century estates to multi-family homes for the working class. Churches, schools, and parks are also represented, including Longwood Mall, with its famous copper beech trees imported from Europe, and Cypress Field, the first public playground in America. View designed landscapes from private estates such as Faulkner Farm to suburban developments such as Fisher Hill, and witness the changes that have occurred along Beacon Street and other major thoroughfares. Travel back in time to discover these and many other wonders in the fascinating town where both John and Robert Kennedy were born.

Legendary Locals of Brookline
Legendary Locals of Brookline

Author: Jennifer Campaniolo

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-09-15

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439647224

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For its first 75 years, Brookline was a bucolic area of Boston, with rolling hills and low-lying salt marshes. Named Muddy River by its residents after a shallow tidal estuary bordering Roxbury, Brookline had no more than 50 families inhabiting it when it was incorporated as an independent town on November 13, 1705. Long regarded as a liberal, progressive community, Brookline is a model of how an effective town government can positively impact the life of its citizens. Brookline boasts numerous Nobel Prize winnersdoctors, scientists, and researchers who have made enormous strides in their fields. Brookline shares Bostons strong literary tradition, with residents like poet Amy Lowell and mystery writer Dennis Lehane. Brooklines pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, with many residents who eschew cars and shop locally, attracts many small-business owners such as Dana Brigham and Seth Barrett. Brookline has been home to a number of sports luminaries like Larry Bird, Terry Francona, and Robert Kraft. Famous politicians include the 35th president, John F. Kennedy, who was born in Brookline; former governor Michael Dukakis; and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Legendary Locals of Brookline tells their stories, as well as the stories of some of the lesser-known heroes and humanitarians who make Brookline a great place to call home.