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The Cycling City: Bicycles and Urban America in the 1890’s

While bicycles seem to be everywhere these days, their heyday was a century ago, and New York was arguably the cycling city. Thousands upon thousands cruised the city’s newly paved streets, its parks, and its world-famous bicycle paths, day and night.  It was home to more bicycles, more cycling amenities, and was more infused with a bicycle culture than anywhere else in the world. It was a particular place at a particular time in which bicycles, like never before or after, shaped American cities. Historian Evan Friss will discuss this new book of the same title from the University of Chicago Press.
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When: Wed., Apr. 6, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Ave.
212-817-7000
Price: Free
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While bicycles seem to be everywhere these days, their heyday was a century ago, and New York was arguably the cycling city. Thousands upon thousands cruised the city’s newly paved streets, its parks, and its world-famous bicycle paths, day and night.  It was home to more bicycles, more cycling amenities, and was more infused with a bicycle culture than anywhere else in the world. It was a particular place at a particular time in which bicycles, like never before or after, shaped American cities. Historian Evan Friss will discuss this new book of the same title from the University of Chicago Press.
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