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institutions of New York City for twenty-five years. Currently a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, he has also served as a staff writer for The New Yorker and has written for the country’s leading publications in fields as diverse as foreign affairs, national politics, education, urban policy, sports, and food. He is the author of two books with

New York City settings—one on the Wedtech scandal of the mid-1980s and a second on the City College of New York. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and son.

ALSO BY JAMES TRAUB

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: THE OUTLANDISH STORY OF WEDTECH

CITY ON A HILL: TESTING THE AMERICAN DREAM AT CITY COLLEGE

2005 Random House Trade Paperback Edition

COPYRIGHT © 2004 BY JAMES TRAUB

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Traub, James.

The Devil’s playground: a century of pleasure and profit in

Times Square / by James Traub.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

1. Times Square (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century.

2. New York (N.Y.)—History—20th century. 3. New York (N.Y.)—

Social conditions—20th century. 4. New York (N.Y.)—Biography.

5. Popular culture—New York (State)—New York—History—

20th century. I. Title.

F128.65.T5T73 2004

974.7’1—dc22 2003061629

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eISBN: 978-0-307-43213-1

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