The New York waterfront : evolution and building culture of the port and harbor / edited by Kevin Bone ; essays by Mary Beth Betts [and others] ; commissioned photographs, Stanley Greenberg.

Title & Author:

The New York waterfront : evolution and building culture of the port and harbor / edited by Kevin Bone ; essays by Mary Beth Betts [and others] ; commissioned photographs, Stanley Greenberg.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 1997.

Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-280).
The beautiful lake : the promise of the natural systems / Donald Squires and Kevin Bone -- Masterplanning : municipal support of maritime transport and commerce 1870-1930s / Mary Beth Betts -- Horizontal city : architecture and construction in the port of New York / Kevin Bone -- Transforming the edge : overview of selected plans and projects / Gina Pollara -- Evolving purposes : the case of the Hudson River waterfront / Michael Z. Wise, Wilbur Woods, and Eugenia Bone -- Modest endeavors : reclaiming the shoreline / Michael Z. Wise.

Summary:

Created by a team of architects, historians, teachers, and students, The New York Waterfront is an unprecedented documentation of the rise and fall of the waterfront's architectural, technological, industrial, and commercial existence over the past 150 years.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1885254547 (paperback)
9781885254542 (paperback)

Subject:

Waterfronts New York (State) New York History.
Waterfronts New York (State) New York Design and construction History.
City planning New York (State) New York History.
Fronts de mer New York (État) New York Histoire.
City planning.
Waterfronts.
Waterfronts Design and construction.
Waterfronts New York (State) New York Design and construction.
Harbors New York (State) New York History.
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) History.
New York, Port de (N.Y. et N.J.) Histoire.
United States New York Harbor.
New York (State) New York.
New York (N.Y.) City planning History.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Bone, Kevin.
Betts, Mary Beth.
Greenberg, Stanley, 1956-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135681
Call No.: ID:97-B805
Status: Available

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