Webster / Shirley A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park

How a Community Reclaimed and Transformed New York City's Waterfront
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54294-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

This book recounts the grassroots effort to transform Brooklyn's defunct piers into an urban oasis. The story of Brooklyn Bridge Park also speaks to larger issues confronting all cities, including the development of postindustrial spaces and the ways to balance public and private interests without sacrificing creative vision or sustainable goals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Webster, Nancy

Shirley, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Evolution of the Waterfront
1. What Shall We Do with the Piers?
2. Fighting Back
3. The Coalition
4. The "13 Guiding Principles"
5. Banging Their Cups on the High Chair
6. Changing of the Guard
7. Tearing Down the Barbed Wire
8. The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good
9. A Park at Last
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Webster is the executive director of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy.

David Shirley is a journalist whose work has appeared in Oxford American, the Brooklyn Rail, Chicago Review, Spin, Rolling Stone, and USA Today.