The Once and Future New York : Historic Preservation and the Modern City /

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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 1890s, when the city&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mason, Randall, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Historic preservation
Architecture > Conservation and restoration
Buildings.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Architecture > Conservation et restauration > New York (État) > New York.
Preservation historique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Preservation historique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Architecture > Conservation and restoration > New York (State) > New York.
Historic preservation > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Historic preservation > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
New York (State) > New York
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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