Download or read book Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville written by David Freeland and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a keen eye for architectural detail, David Freeland opens doors, climbs onto rooftops, and gazes down alleyways to reveal several of the remaining hidden gems of Manhattan's nineteenth- and twentieth-century entertainment industry."--[book cover].