Preserving New York
Winning the Right to Protect a City’s Landmarks
Seiten
2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-95284-2 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-95284-2 (ISBN)
Preserving New York is the story of the people and places, the buildings and the battles, and the policies and police that after decades of tragic loses, led New York City to create a legal mechanism protect the city’s cherished landmarks.
Preserving New York is the largely unknown inspiring story of the origins of New York City’s nationally acclaimed landmarks law. The decades of struggle behind the law, its intellectual origins, the men and women who fought for it, the forces that shaped it, and the buildings lost and saved on the way to its ultimate passage, span from 1913 to 1965. Intended for the interested public as well as students of New York City history, architecture, and preservation itself, over 100 illustrations help reveal a history richer and more complex than the accepted myth that the landmarks law sprang from the wreckage of the great Pennsylvania Station. Images include those by noted historic photographers as well as those from newspaper accounts of the time. Forgotten civic leaders such as Albert S. Bard and lost buildings including the Brokaw Mansions, are unveiled in an extensively researched narrative bringing this essential episode in New York’s history to future generations tasked with protecting the city’s landmarks. For the first time, the story of how New York won the right to protect its treasured buildings, neighborhoods and special places is brought together to enjoy, inform, and inspire all who love New York.
Preserving New York is the largely unknown inspiring story of the origins of New York City’s nationally acclaimed landmarks law. The decades of struggle behind the law, its intellectual origins, the men and women who fought for it, the forces that shaped it, and the buildings lost and saved on the way to its ultimate passage, span from 1913 to 1965. Intended for the interested public as well as students of New York City history, architecture, and preservation itself, over 100 illustrations help reveal a history richer and more complex than the accepted myth that the landmarks law sprang from the wreckage of the great Pennsylvania Station. Images include those by noted historic photographers as well as those from newspaper accounts of the time. Forgotten civic leaders such as Albert S. Bard and lost buildings including the Brokaw Mansions, are unveiled in an extensively researched narrative bringing this essential episode in New York’s history to future generations tasked with protecting the city’s landmarks. For the first time, the story of how New York won the right to protect its treasured buildings, neighborhoods and special places is brought together to enjoy, inform, and inspire all who love New York.
Anthony C. Wood is a preservationist, historian, teacher and grant maker. Currently the Executive Director of the Ittleson Foundation, he has worked for the J.M. Kaplan Fund and the Municipal Art Society. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University and is the founder and Chair of the New York Preservation Archive Project.
l. The Myth of Pennsylvania Station 2. Albert Bard and the City Beautiful 3. The Bridge, the Castle and Moses 4. Postwar as Prelude 5. The Civics Engage 6. The Bard Act 7. The Village People 8. The View from the Heights 9. Heard. Deferred. Referred 10. A Series of Near Misses 11. The Commission and the Station 12.Crisis and Sacrifice. Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.12.2007 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 117 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1634 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-95284-0 / 0415952840 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-95284-2 / 9780415952842 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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