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Our Newest Publication -Tappan Zee Bridge book

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OUR NEWEST PUBLICATION!

The Tappan Zee Bridge: Forging the Rockland Suburb
For centuries the Hudson River shielded Rockland County from the forces of modernization that radically transformed the New York metropolitan region. Urbanization, immigration and industrialization were only minor influences while Rockland's landscape remained rural and its communities small and close knit.

The Tappan Zee Bridge, a three-mile link between New York's Westchester and Rockland counties completed in 1955, was built in response to the postwar housing shortage, our national love affair with the highway and the automobile and the power of the American dream.

The Tappan Zee Bridge: Forging the Rockland Suburb examines the local communities before the bridge, the debate over the need for a bridge and the subsequent transformation of Rockland into a dynamic postwar suburb. Based on archival materials, including the records of the New York State Thurway Authority, this book will for the first time tell the story of the bridge, the suburg and the changes in the lives of the people and their communities.

An oral history of residents has been compiled; excerpts will be offered as a CD with the book.


Roger Panetta, Ph.D., Director of The Tappan Zee Project, is Visiting Professor of History and Curator of the Hudson River Collection at Fordham University.

Publication of The Tappan Zee Bridge: Forging the Rockland Suburb was supported by a Preserve America grant from the National Park Service initiated by Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef.


Cost
Each book costs $ 24.95  plus $ 5.00 shipping & handling -- add 75 cents for each additional book ordered.
 
New York State residents must include 8 3/8 % sales tax.

To order your copy, please send your name, address, phone number and your check to the Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City, New York 10956. 

You may also order your book(s) by calling Patty or Joanne at the Historical Society at 845.634.9629  -- we accept MasterCard, VISA and American Express.

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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, findings anc conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.


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