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RECORD NUMBER: 100 OF 175| Main Title | New York recentered : building the metropolis from the shore / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Schlichting, Kara Murphy, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2019 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 1051684002 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780226613024; 022661302X | |||||||||||
| Subjects | New York (NY)--History ; City planning--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century ; City planning--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century ; Cities and towns--New York (State)--New York--Growth ; Urban ecology (Sociology)--New York (State)--New York--History ; Cities and towns--Growth ; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-308) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction -- Benefactor planning: Barnum's bridgeport and Steinway's Queens -- Laying out the trans-Harlem city -- Working-class leisure on the Upper East River and Sound -- Designing a coastal playland around Long Island Sound -- "They shall not pass": opposition to public leisure and state park planning -- "From dumps to glory": Flushing Meadows and the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940 -- Epilogue: the limits of the world of tomorrow. |