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Autore: | Mason Randall <1963-> |
Titolo: | The once and future New York [[electronic resource] ] : historic preservation and the modern city / / Randall Mason |
Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.6/909747109034 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The once and future New York |
ISBN: | 0-8166-6813-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778050503321 |
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