| Rochester's Corn Hill: The Historic Third Ward Contributor(s): Leavy, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738512257 ISBN-13: 9780738512259 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: PRIMARY COVERAGE AREA: Rochester, Gates, Greece |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 917.471 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.54" W x 9.24" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Rochester experienced the explosive growth generated by the Erie Canal, what began as a pioneer neighborhood of cabins quickly became an impressive ward of mansions for the city's social hierarchy. Today's generation knows it as Corn Hill, but it is actually the old Third Ward, an extraordinary neighborhood that rivaled Charleston, Savannah, and Natchez in elegance and importance. Rochester's Corn Hill: The Historic Third Ward offers the first comprehensive pictorial history of this ruffled-shirt district from its humble beginnings, to its Victorian peak, through its eventual decline and subsequent rehabilitation into a landmark ward. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leavy, Michael: - Michael Leavy, the author of two previous Arcadia books, has compiled fascinating stereo views, daguerreotypes, and tintypes that portray the Charles Dickens-like quality of the ward, with its sleigh bells, church chimes, fashionable families, orphan asylums, and down-and-out characters. He has produced an endearing work that will become a resource for the history buff and a family treasure for those who marvel at the beautiful, towering residences and lingering mystique of Rochester's Corn Hill. |