Brooklyn's Sportsmen's Row
Politics, Society and the Sporting Life on Northern Eighth Avenue
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Lucas G. Rubin | ISBN: | 9781614237549 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | November 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lucas G. Rubin |
| ISBN: | 9781614237549 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | November 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
In an era when horse racing reigned supreme and Brooklyn was at its very center, a remarkable collection of turf legends came to reside along one small stretch of northern Eighth Avenue in the exclusive neighborhood of Park Slope. Here, along Sportsmen�s Row, the lives of the sportsmen and those of their neighbors�men of prominence and distinction in theater, law, industry and politics�came together in surprising and unexpected ways. Though the public saw a block dominated by the celebrities of the age, behind the closed doors of Sportsmen�s
Row a more subtle narrative played itself out: of infidelity, gambling, excess and�fame aside�a world strictly ordered and preordained by social class.
Row a more subtle narrative played itself out: of infidelity, gambling, excess and�fame aside�a world strictly ordered and preordained by social class.
In an era when horse racing reigned supreme and Brooklyn was at its very center, a remarkable collection of turf legends came to reside along one small stretch of northern Eighth Avenue in the exclusive neighborhood of Park Slope. Here, along Sportsmen�s Row, the lives of the sportsmen and those of their neighbors�men of prominence and distinction in theater, law, industry and politics�came together in surprising and unexpected ways. Though the public saw a block dominated by the celebrities of the age, behind the closed doors of Sportsmen�s
Row a more subtle narrative played itself out: of infidelity, gambling, excess and�fame aside�a world strictly ordered and preordained by social class.
Row a more subtle narrative played itself out: of infidelity, gambling, excess and�fame aside�a world strictly ordered and preordained by social class.
