10024: A Memoir

By Richard Horwich

Manhattan. The Upper West Side. Zip code 10024.

A memoir of the author's early life from the ages of seven to thirty, when he lived in this rarefied air. The true star of the story, a New York neighborhood undergoing radical transformation, since repeated by the city's other four boroughs.

Born in 1938, the author remembers city elements lost to development: the schools, restaurants, parks, playing fields, stores, and the buildings themselves. "Broadway" was a cobblestone boulevard with trolleys. Indian Walk Shoe Store had a fluoroscope x-ray machine that let you see your toes wiggle inside your shoes. Egg creams were universally available. Lincoln Center was a slum.

You will appreciate this and other details of a bygone era in this

entertaining recollection of the life and the social history of one of New York's most famous and influential neighborhoods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1662932324
• ISBN13: 9781662932328
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"