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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455136903321

Autore

Mason Randall <1963->

Titolo

The once and future New York [[electronic resource] ] : historic preservation and the modern city / / Randall Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8166-6813-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

363.6/909747109034

Soggetti

Historic preservation - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century

Historic preservation - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century

Architecture - Conservation and restoration - New York (State) - New York

Electronic books.

New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : preservation and its history in New York -- Memory sites : buildings, parks, events -- Portfolio : Frank Cousins's photographs for the Art Commission, 1913 -- The preservation and destruction of St. John's Chapel -- City Hall Park : hearth of official civic memory -- Bronx River Parkway : modern highway, environmental improvement, memory infrastructure -- Conclusion : looking critically at preservation's own past.

Sommario/riassunto

In the popular imagination, the controversial 1963 demolition of Pennsylvania Station gave birth to New York City's historic preservation movement. As Randall Mason reveals, however, historic preservation has been a persistent force in the development of New York since the 1890's, when the city's leading politicians, planners, and architects first recognized the need to preserve the rapidly evolving city's past. Rich with archival research, The Once and Future New York documents the emergence of historic preservation in New York at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1890 and 1920