I'm trying to write a mystery novel that takes place in NYC in 1925. Researching everyday life (from Atlanta) has been slow. I need to know where rich families would live, and where a police detective (married, with children) would live (who's beat was uptown).
2007-07-20 01:59:18 · 3 answers · asked by withacy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Bronx , Brooklyn and Queens!!!!!
2007-07-24 01:24:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might try reading books on the wealthy that lived there at the time. The Vanderbilts
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New York Society
The Washington Post (1877-1954) - Washington, D.C.
Author: Special to The Washington Post.
Date: Mar 24, 1925
Document Types: article
Text Word Count: 289
New York, March 23. -- Society will be well represented at Prince Sergio Romanovsky's choir concert at the Plaza tomorrow afternoon. Among those who have made reservations for boxes or seats are Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, William B. Leeds, Mrs. Shepard Fabbri, whose party will occupy two boxes; Mrs. J. Henry Lancashire, Mrs. Henry White, Sir Joseph Duveen, Mrs. Walter William Birge, Mrs. J.L. Putnam, Mrs. Francis Rogers and Mr. F.K. Pendleton.
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2007-07-20 09:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by crazyladyandfuntimes 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The upper classes, lived mainly in Manhattan and Upstate New York( Hudson and East River areas) as well as Bronx , Brooklyn and Queens.
2007-07-20 09:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by Latin Techie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋