Main Street to Mainframes

Tells the story of Poughkeepsie's transformation from small city to urban region. The history of growth, decline, and revitalization in Poughkeepsie, New York, parallels that of many other small northeastern cities. Main Street to Mainframes tells the story of Poughkeepsie's transformation over the past three centuries-from an agricultural market town, to a small city with a diversified economy centered on Main Street, to an urban region dependent on the success of one corporation-and how this t