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Brooklyn Bridge Park : a dying waterfront transformed /
A major social and political phenomenon of how a community overcame overwhelming opposition and obstacles to build the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Stretching along a waterfront that faces one of the world's greatest harbors and storied skylines, Brooklyn Bridge Park is among the largest and most sign...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Stage; 2. All Hell Breaks Loose; 3. The Manheim Years; 4. A New Game with a Fresh Team; 5. Strange Bedfellows; 6. Public Planning; 7. Public Planning Continues; 8. Money and Political Gamesmanship; 9. Breaking the Logjam; 10. Reality Sets In; 11. Housing "in the Park"; 12. At Long Last, Shovels; 13. The Politics of Housing; 14. The Park Begins to Materialize; 15. Deep Differences over a Nineteenth-Century Relic; 16. A Hurricane Has Unexpected Consequences; 17. The Growing Experience.
- 18. Learning from the Site19. The Politics of Housing, Continued; 20. Waterfront, Parks, and Community Planning; 21. Reflections on Brooklyn Bridge Park; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Brooklyn Bridge Park Thirteen Guiding Principles; Timeline; Cast of Major Characters; Organization and Agency Names, Abbreviations, and Acronyms; Notes; Color photographs.