The once and future New York [electronic resource] : historic preservation and the modern city / Randall Mason.

By: Mason, Randall, 1963-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009Description: xxxiv, 307 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., mapsSubject(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 LOC classification: NA108.N48 | M37 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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