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City game : basketball in New York

Title
City game : basketball in New York / edited by William C. Rhoden ; foreword by Walt "Clyde" Frazier.
Publication
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa : In association with Museum of the City of New York, 2020.

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Additional Authors
  • Rhoden, William C.
  • Frazier, Walt, 1945-
  • Museum of the City of New York, host institution.
Description
189 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 34 cm
Alternative Title
Basketball in New York
Subject
  • Basketball > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions
  • Basketball teams > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions
  • Basketball
  • Basketball teams
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Accompanies an exhibition presented at the Museum of the City of New York in the spring of 2020.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188).
Contents
The mecca of basketball -- Manhattan takes Brooklyn: NYC's first black fives matchup -- Mr. Basketball: Nat Holman invents the city game -- Boys from the city: New York's Jewish basketball stars -- The city game is born -- Black fives -- College rivalries -- The destroyer, the hawk & the pearl: Rucker's legends -- Rock, rubber, 45s: b-ball, kicks & beats -- Fields of asphalt: lost in the city game -- I got next: girls & streetball -- 1,800 courts, five boroughs, one city -- Trash talk -- New York City's legendary streetball courts -- Interviews with William C. Rhoden. Kenny Smith ; Tom Konchalski ; Chamique Holdsclaw ; Mark Jackson ; Kenny Atkinson -- Too big for just one: Knicks, Nets & Liberty -- Clyde cool -- Knicks win the championship 1970 & 1973 -- Knicks, Nets & Liberty -- Celebrity row -- Time line -- Urban heartbeat: conclusion.
Call Number
Sc+ G 21-15
ISBN
  • 0847867625
  • 9780847867622
OCLC
1110434675
Title
City game : basketball in New York / edited by William C. Rhoden ; foreword by Walt "Clyde" Frazier.
Publisher
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa : In association with Museum of the City of New York, 2020.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188).
Local Note
EXHIBITION CATALOG. CO-PUB. W/ MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. COLOR ILLUS. 10.25" X 13.25".
Added Author
Rhoden, William C., editor, interviewer.
Frazier, Walt, 1945- writer of foreword.
Museum of the City of New York, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc+ G 21-15
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