The once and future New York historic preservation and the modern city /

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Autor Principal: Mason, Randall, 1963-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.