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Brockport Through Time
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Brockport Through Time

Author(s): William G. Andrews
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During the twentieth century Brockport, NY was transformed from a village whose economy relied heavily on manufacturing to a college town.

The Erie Canal that had given the town its birth, growth, and prosperity faded as a means to ship freight, and rose as a recreational area. An educational hub grew out of a "Normal School" with a few hundred two-year students to a four-year comprehensive college and graduate school with 8,600 students.

The types of retail businesses in the historic commercial district of Main Street changed dramatically. Streets transformed from dirt to cobblestone to bricks to asphalt. Transportation shifted from trolleys and trains, horses and buggies, to automobiles. Yet, much remained the same.

The Victorian homes and commercial structures on Main Street survived a near brush with Urban Renewal. With the canal continuing to be the heart of the village, the college and many schools serve to enrich Brockport's mind.

This short book attempts to document the most visible—and vivid—aspects of that transformation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
This remarkable array of images is put into context by a group of notable historians. Collaborating with senior author William G. Andrews of Brockport were Kathy Goetz of Sweden, Hazel Kleinbach of Clarkson, Eunice Chesnut of the Western Monroe County Historical Society, and Mary Jo Gigliotti and Jennifer Quigley of the State University College at Brockport. Around Brockport provides an attractive and revealing perspective on the history of this western New York State community.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781635000054
Publisher: America Through Time
Date: 04/27/2015
State: New York
Series: America Through Time
Images: 200 Color
Pages: 96
Dimensions: 6.5 (w) x 9.25 (h)
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