A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
New York recentered : building the metropolis from the shore
Introduction -- Benefactor planning: Barnum's bridgeport and Steinway's Queens -- Laying out the trans-Harlem city -- Working-class leisure on the Upper East River and Sound -- Designing a coastal playland around Long Island Sound -- "They shall not pass": opposition to public leisure and state park planning -- "From dumps to glory": Flushing Meadows and the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940 -- Epilogue: the limits of the world of tomorrow
New York recentered : building the metropolis from the shore
Introduction -- Benefactor planning: Barnum's bridgeport and Steinway's Queens -- Laying out the trans-Harlem city -- Working-class leisure on the Upper East River and Sound -- Designing a coastal playland around Long Island Sound -- "They shall not pass": opposition to public leisure and state park planning -- "From dumps to glory": Flushing Meadows and the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940 -- Epilogue: the limits of the world of tomorrow
New York recentered : building the metropolis from the shore
Schlichting, Kara Murphy (author)
2019
319 Seiten
Illustrationen, Karten
Includes bibliographical references and index
Book
English
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