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Green metropolis : the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design
- Title
- Green metropolis : the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ; foreword by Tony Hiss.
- Author
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936-
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IRGV 16-3652 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 220 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm
- Subjects
- ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes
- Natural areas > New York (State) > New York > History
- Human ecology > New York (State) > New York > History
- Landscapes > New York (State) > New York > History
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Natural history > New York (State) > New York
- Parks > New York (State) > New York > History
- Urban ecology (Biology) > New York (State) > New York > History
- Urban ecology (Sociology) > New York (State) > New York > History
- City planning > Enviromental aspects > New York (State) > New York > History
- New York (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index.
- Call Number
- IRGV 16-3652
- ISBN
- 9781101875537
- 1101875534
- LCCN
- 2015021505
- Author
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936-
- Title
- Green metropolis : the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ; foreword by Tony Hiss.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IRGV 16-3652