The once and future New York [electronic resource] : historic preservation and the modern city / Randall Mason.
By: Mason, Randall.
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BookPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009Description: xxxiv, 307 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century | Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York | New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etcGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.6/909747109034 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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.
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