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The once and future New York [electronic resource] : historic preservation and the modern city / Randall Mason.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.Description: xxxiv, 307 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.6/909747109034 22
LOC classification:
  • NA108.N48 M37 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : preservation and its history in New York -- Memory sites : buildings, parks, events -- Portfolio : Frank Cousins's photographs for the Art Commission, 1913 -- The preservation and destruction of St. John's Chapel -- City Hall Park : hearth of official civic memory -- Bronx River Parkway : modern highway, environmental improvement, memory infrastructure -- Conclusion : looking critically at preservation's own past.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index.

Introduction : preservation and its history in New York -- Memory sites : buildings, parks, events -- Portfolio : Frank Cousins's photographs for the Art Commission, 1913 -- The preservation and destruction of St. John's Chapel -- City Hall Park : hearth of official civic memory -- Bronx River Parkway : modern highway, environmental improvement, memory infrastructure -- Conclusion : looking critically at preservation's own past.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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