Binnewies, Robert O.

Palisades : 100,000 acres in 100 years / Robert O. Binnewies.

1st ed.

New York : Fordham University Press and Palisades Interstate Park Commission, 2001.

xv, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Hudson Valley heritage series, 1534-1399 ; no. 1

"Marking the centennial of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Palisades: 100,000 Acres in 100 Years celebrates the unique series of parklands, most within sight of the Empire State Building, that is the Palisades Interstate Park. Beginning with turn-of-the-century efforts to stop blasting and quarrying of the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from New York City, this book traces the famous - Theodore Roosevelt, J. P. Morgan, the Rockefellers, and the Harrimans - and the not-so-famous men and women whose donations of time, money, determination, and energy led to the preservation of 100,000 acres within the nations' most densely populated metropolitan region."--BOOK JACKET.

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Palisades Interstate Park Commission History.
Palisades Interstate Park Commission. History.
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
agricultural history.
land resources.
land management.
natural resources.

History

Hudson Valley heritage series ; no. 1.

Palisades: one hundred thousand acres in one hundred years

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 219089
Cote: SB482.N5 B5 2001
Statut: Disponible