A history of Brooklyn Bridge Park : how a community reclaimed and transformed New York City's waterfront / Nancy Webster, David Shirley.

Main entry:

Webster, Nancy, 1960- author.

Title & Author:

A history of Brooklyn Bridge Park : how a community reclaimed and transformed New York City's waterfront / Nancy Webster, David Shirley.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Description:

x, 240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index.
Introduction: The evolution of the waterfront -- What shall we do with the piers? -- Fighting back -- The coalition -- The "13 guiding principles" -- Banging their cups on the high chair -- Changing of the guard -- Tearing down the barbed wire -- The perfect is the enemy of the good -- A park at last -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9780231171229 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231171226 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780231542944 (ebook)

Subject:

Parks New York (State) New York History.
Parks
Brooklyn Bridge Park (New York, N.Y.) History.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Brooklyn Bridge Park

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Shirley, David, 1955- author.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.), author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293423
Call No.: BIB 238346
Status: Available

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