| Description |
1 online resource (x, 240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Summary |
By the 1970's, the Brooklyn piers had become a wasteland on the New York City waterfront. Today they are a stunning park that is enjoyed by countless Brooklynites and visitors from around the world. A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park recounts the grassroots, multi-voiced, and contentious effort to transform Brooklyn's defunct piers in the mid-1980s into a beautiful, conscientiously designed park. The movement to resist commercial development on the pier sprang up spontaneously but reveals how concerned citizens came together to shape the future of their community. After winning a number of batt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Parks
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| SUBJECT |
Brooklyn Bridge Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History
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| Subject |
New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn Bridge Park
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shirley, David, 1955- author.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.), author.
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| LC no. |
2016019804 |
| ISBN |
9780231542944 |
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0231542941 |
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