Title Riverside Park : the splendid sliver / Edward Grimm ; photographs by E. Peter Schroeder

Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations, map Contents The park as it was -- Along the way -- The park as it is today -- The changing park Summary Riverside Park is an illustrated tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted's "other" New York City sanctuary. Since its conception in the 1870s, the park has undergone a number of transformations and suffered from periods of misuse and neglect, but in 1984, much-needed renovations turned this city oasis into what is today one of Manhattan's most beautiful attractions."If the West Side does not stir you, you are a clod, past redemption."--Robert MosesMillions visit the Upper West Side landmark annually, and despite the heavy use, thousands of volunteers keep the grounds pristine. The park is now being extended southward as part of Manhattan's plan to reclaim the island's six hundred miles of waterfront, and Riverside Drive-Olmsted's curving thoroughfare flanking the park-has long been one of Manhattan's premier addresses."I often feel drawn to the Hudson River ... I never get tired of looking at it; it hypnotizes me."-Joseph Mitchell, from The RivermenFrom the time it was carved out of an unpromising landscape, Riverside Park has continued to reinvent itself. Using photographs (both contemporary and historical), illustrations, poems, and original and excerpted narrative, Edward Grimm and E. Peter Schroeder tell the intriguing story of a symbol of the modern revitalization of New York City. "Riverside Park will be a genuine riverside reservation, dedicated forever to the use of the people, beautiful in the highest sense."-The New York World, April 24, 1892*Includes the official Riverside Park Fund Map of 2007* Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) SUBJECT Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works Riverside Drive (New York, N.Y.) -- History Riverside Drive (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works New York (N.Y.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091418 New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Riverside Drive New York (State) -- New York -- Riverside Park Genre/Form History Pictorial works Form Electronic book Author Schroeder, E. Peter, 1924- LC no. 2007015536 ISBN 9780231512190 0231512198

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