Preserving South Street Seaport : The Dream and Reality of a New York Urban Renewal District /

Preserving South Street Seaport tells the fascinating story, from the 1960s to the present, of the South Street Seaport District of Lower Manhattan. Home to the original Fulton Fish Market and then the South Street Seaport Museum, it is one of the last neighborhoods of late 18th- and early 19th-cent...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lindgren, James M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2014]
Temas:
City planning > History > 21st century > New York (State) > New York.
City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 21st century.
Harbors > History > 21st century > New York (State) > New York.
Harbors > New York (State) > New York > History > 21st century.
Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York.
Historic preservation > New York (State) > New York.
Historic ships > New York (State) > New York.
Land use, Urban > New York (State) > New York.
Maritime museums > Case studies > Management.
Maritime museums > Management > Case studies.
HISTORY / North America.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. "Salvation on the east river": how a clever editor saw Jehovah's light
  • 1. "Eloquent reminders of sailing and shipbuilding": how the seaport and world trade center (re)made Fulton street
  • 2. "The kind of civilized vision that new yorkers are not supposed to have": how historic preservation shaped lower Manhattan's development
  • 3. "Ships, the heart of the story": how tall ships became big news
  • 4. "Look at our waterfront! just look": how earth day boomed the seaport
  • 5. "A million people came away better human beings" how the past mended the present
  • 6. "Shopping is the chief cultural activity in the united states": how the seaport sold its soul
  • 7. "They tore down paradise, and put up a shopping mall": how speculators and rouseketeers created a bubble
  • 8. "The museum was intellectually and financially bankrupt": how the seaport fared after the bubble burst
  • 9. "It's tough when you have a museum in a mall": how the seaport (almost) succeeded
  • 10. "A ship is a hole in the water into which you pour money": how maritime preservation (almost) won
  • 11. "Sometimes you just can't get a break": how 9/11 torpedoed the seaport
  • Conclusion. "Nobody knows that we're here": what happened to that promised salvation on the east river?
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author

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