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GREATER GOTHAM TALK AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT

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**** South Street Seaport Museum Presents a Book Talk by Mike Wallace Greater Gotham Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 6:30pm  **** Greater Gotham   The South Street Seaport Museum presents Greater Gotham on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 6:30pm at 213 Water Street, NYC. Tickets are $10 (free for members) or $40 for admission and a copy of the book. Tickets are available HERE .  Mike Wallace discusses his new book, Greater Gotham, the continuation to the Pulitzer Prized winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. A reception will follow the book talk. Greater Gotham, written by Gotham co-author Mike Wallace, takes up the story of the juggernaut created by municipal consolidation in 1898 and now hurtling headlong into the 20th century. This new volume gives us New York on a whole new scale, moving from national to global prominence, driven by restless ambition, political turmoil, immigrant hopes, and Wall Street capital, aspiri...