Mason, Randall, 1963-
The once and future New York historic preservation and the modern city / [electronic resource] : Randall Mason. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009. - xxxiv, 307 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA934358 bnb
Uk
Historic preservation--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Historic preservation--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Architecture--Conservation and restoration--New York (State)--New York.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Electronic books.
NA108.N48 / M37 2009eb
363.6/909747109034
The once and future New York historic preservation and the modern city / [electronic resource] : Randall Mason. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009. - xxxiv, 307 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA934358 bnb
Uk
Historic preservation--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Historic preservation--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Architecture--Conservation and restoration--New York (State)--New York.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Electronic books.
NA108.N48 / M37 2009eb
363.6/909747109034