The accidental playground Brooklyn waterfront narratives of the undesigned and unplanned /
"The Accidental Playground explores the remarkable landscape created by individuals and small groups who occupied and rebuilt an abandoned Brooklyn waterfront in Williamsburg. Without formal authority, capital, professional assistance, grand vision, consensus, or coordination with each other, t...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Empire State Editions,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
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- Chapter 1 - Discovering and Engaging a Waterfront
- Chapter 2- The Rise and Fall of Shantytown Skatepark
- Chapter 3- March and Burn: Practice, Performance and Leisure without a Plan
- Chapter 4- Outside Art: Exploring Wildness and Reclamation at the Water's Edge
- Chapter 5- Local Tales: Hanging Out and Observing Life on the Waterfront
- Chapter 6- Residential Life: Hardship and Resiliency on the Waterfront
- Chapter 7- Neighbors Against Garbage: Activism and Uneasy Alliances on the Waterfront
- Chapter 8- Unplanned Postscript: Dogs, Sunsets, Rock Bands and the Governance of a Waterfront Park
- Chapter 9- Planning for the Unplanned.