| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 220 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index. |
| Summary |
"The woman who launched the restoration of Central Park in 1980 surveys in depth seven green landscapes in New York City, their history--both natural and human--and how they have been transformed over time. Elizabeth Barlow Rogers describes seven landscapes: greenbelt and nature refuge that runs along the spine of Staten Island on land once intended for a highway; Jamaica Bay, near JFK Airport, whose mosaic of fragile, endangered marshes has been preserved as a bird sanctuary; Inwood Hill, in upper Manhattan, whose forest once sheltered Native Americans and Revolutionary soldiers before it became a site for wealthy estates and subsequently a public park; the Central Park Ramble, a carefully designed artificial wilderness in the middle of the city; Roosevelt Island, formerly Welfare Island, in the East River, where urban planners built a traffic-free 'new town in town' in the 1970s and whose southern tip now boasts the Louis Kahn-designed memorial to FDR; Fresh Kills, the James Corner Field Operations-designed 2,200-acre park on Staten Island that is being created out of what was once the world's largest landfill; The High Line, in Manhattan's Chelsea and West Village neighborhoods, an aerial promenade built on an abandoned elevated rail spur"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Green Metropolis : Birth of a Landscape -- Green Woods : Staten Island Greenbelt -- Green Marshes : Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge -- Green Forest : Inwood Hill Park -- Green Miracle : Central Park Ramble -- Green Community : Roosevelt Island -- Green Garbage : Fresh Kills -- Green Promenade : The High Line. |
| Subject |
Natural areas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Landscapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Urban ecology (Biology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Landscapes.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00862209
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Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
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Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
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Landscapes. (OCoLC)fst01735625
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Natural areas. (OCoLC)fst01033960
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Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
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Parks. (OCoLC)fst01053705
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Urban ecology (Biology) (OCoLC)fst01162404
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Urban ecology (Sociology) (OCoLC)fst01733718
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781101875537 (hardcover) |
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1101875534 (hardcover) |
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9781101875544 (ebook) |
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