Green metropolis : the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design /
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Bok · Engelsk · 2016
| Medvirkende | Hiss, Tony, ( writer of foreword. )
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| Omfang | xvi, 220 sider : : illustrasjoner ;
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| Utgave | First edition.
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| Opplysninger | "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.. - "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"--
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| Emner | City planning - Enviromental aspects - History. - New York (State) - New York
Human ecology - History. - New York (State) - New York Landscapes - History. - New York (State) - New York Natural areas - History. - New York (State) - New York Vis mer... Natural history - New York (State) - New York.
Parks - History. - New York (State) - New York Urban ecology (Biology) - History. - New York (State) - New York Urban ecology (Sociology) - History. - New York (State) - New York ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. |
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| ISBN | 9781101875537
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