LEADER 05766nam 2200889 a 450 001 9910790669303321 005 20220126163343.0 010 $a0-8232-5189-6 010 $a0-8232-5205-1 010 $a0-8232-5190-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780823251902 035 $a(CKB)2550000001123620 035 $a(EBL)3239834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000980658 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11578580 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980658 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10958344 035 $a(PQKB)11783375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239834 035 $a(OCoLC)859159630 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1426648 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239834 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10747389 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525337 035 $a(OCoLC)861538500 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1426648 035 $a(DE-B1597)623954 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780823251902 035 $a(OCoLC)1301549577 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001123620 100 $a20130422d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe accidental playground$b[electronic resource] $eBrooklyn waterfront narratives of the undesigned and unplanned /$fDaniel Campo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cEmpire State Editions$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8232-5186-1 311 $a1-299-94086-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1 - Discovering and Engaging a Waterfront -- Chapter 2- The Rise and Fall of Shantytown Skatepark -- Chapter 3- March and Burn: Practice, Performance and Leisure without a Plan -- Chapter 4- Outside Art: Exploring Wildness and Reclamation at the Water's Edge -- Chapter 5- Local Tales: Hanging Out and Observing Life on the Waterfront -- Chapter 6- Residential Life: Hardship and Resiliency on the Waterfront -- Chapter 7- Neighbors Against Garbage: Activism and Uneasy Alliances on the Waterfront -- Chapter 8- Unplanned Postscript: Dogs, Sunsets, Rock Bands and the Governance of a Waterfront Park -- Chapter 9- Planning for the Unplanned. 330 $a"The Accidental Playground explores the remarkable landscape created by individuals and small groups who occupied and rebuilt an abandoned Brooklyn waterfront in Williamsburg. Without formal authority, capital, professional assistance, grand vision, consensus, or coordination with each other, these "vernacular" builders transformed a vacated waterfront railroad yard into a unique setting for recreation and creative endeavor. With the Manhattan skyline as its backdrop, the collapsing piers, eroded bulkhead, and remaining building foundations of the former Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT) became the raw materials for various forms of waterside leisure and social spaces. Lacking predetermined rules governing its use, this waterfront evolved into the home turf for unusual and sometimes spectacular recreational, social, and creative subcultures. These included skateboarders who built a short-lived, but nationally renowned skatepark; a twenty-five-piece "public" marching band, fire performance troupes, and a variety of artists, photographers, and filmmakers. At the same time the site also served basic recreational needs of local residents. Collapsing piers became great places to catch fish, sunbathe, or take in the Manhattan skyline; the foundation of a demolished warehouse became an ideal place to practice music or skateboard; rubble-strewn earth became a compelling setting for film and fashion shoots; broken bulkhead became a beach; and thick patches of weeds dotted by ailanthus trees became a jungle. Drawing on a rich mix of documentary strategies including observation, ethnography, photography, and first-person narrative, Daniel Campo probes this accidental playground, allowing those who created it to share and examine their own narratives, perspectives, and conflicts. The multiple constituencies of this Williamsburg waterfront were surprisingly diverse, their stories colorful and provocative. When taken together, Campo argues, they suggest a radical reimagining of urban public space, the waterfront, and the practices by which they are created and maintained. The Accidental Playground, which treats readers to an utterly compelling story, is an exciting and distinctive contribution to the growing literature on the unplanned and the undesigned spaces and activities in cities today"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aRecreation$zNew York (State)$zBrooklyn (New York) 606 $aCommunities$zNew York (State)$zBrooklyn (New York) 606 $aWaste lands$xRecreational use$zNew York (State)$zBrooklyn (New York) 606 $aWaterfronts$xRecreational use$zNew York (State)$zBrooklyn (New York) 610 $aBrooklyn. 610 $aCultural studies. 610 $aDo-it-yourself. 610 $aLandscape Architecture. 610 $aPublic Space. 610 $aUrban Leisure studies. 610 $aUrban Parks. 610 $aUrban Planning and Design. 610 $aUrban ethnography. 610 $aUrban nature. 610 $aWaterfronts. 610 $aWilliamsburg. 615 0$aRecreation 615 0$aCommunities 615 0$aWaste lands$xRecreational use 615 0$aWaterfronts$xRecreational use 676 $a307.09747/23 686 $aZH 9400$2rvk 700 $aCampo$b Daniel$0798468 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790669303321 996 $aThe accidental playground$93710194 997 $aUNINA