Green metropolis, the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ; foreword by Tony Hiss
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Green metropolis, the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ; foreword by Tony Hiss
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Green metropolis
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
921994798
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ; foreword by Tony Hiss
Sub title
the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design
Summary
"The woman who launched the restoration of Central Park in 1980 surveys in depth seven green landscapes in New York City, their history--both natural and human--and how they have been transformed over time. Elizabeth Barlow Rogers describes seven landscapes: greenbelt and nature refuge that runs along the spine of Staten Island on land once intended for a highway; Jamaica Bay, near JFK Airport, whose mosaic of fragile, endangered marshes has been preserved as a bird sanctuary; Inwood Hill, in upper Manhattan, whose forest once sheltered Native Americans and Revolutionary soldiers before it became a site for wealthy estates and subsequently a public park; the Central Park Ramble, a carefully designed artificial wilderness in the middle of the city; Roosevelt Island, formerly Welfare Island, in the East River, where urban planners built a traffic-free 'new town in town' in the 1970s and whose southern tip now boasts the Louis Kahn-designed memorial to FDR; Fresh Kills, the James Corner Field Operations-designed 2,200-acre park on Staten Island that is being created out of what was once the world's largest landfill; The High Line, in Manhattan's Chelsea and West Village neighborhoods, an aerial promenade built on an abandoned elevated rail spur"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Green Metropolis : Birth of a Landscape -- Green Woods : Staten Island Greenbelt -- Green Marshes : Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge -- Green Forest : Inwood Hill Park -- Green Miracle : Central Park Ramble -- Green Community : Roosevelt Island -- Green Garbage : Fresh Kills -- Green Promenade : The High Line
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Subject
- Landscapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- City planning + Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Natural areas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Nature & animals -- General
- New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions
- Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York
- Urban ecology (Biology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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- Landscapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- City planning + Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Natural areas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Nature & animals -- General
- New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions
- Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York
- Urban ecology (Biology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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