A history of Brooklyn Bridge Park : how a community reclaimed and transformed New York City's waterfront / Nancy Webster and David Shirley.

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Webster, Nancy, 1960- [author.]

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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780231542944
0231542941

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of Brooklyn Bridge Park.DDC classification:

974.7 23

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F129.B7

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Summary: By the 1970's, the Brooklyn piers had become a wasteland on the New York City waterfront. Today they are a stunning park that is enjoyed by countless Brooklynites and visitors from around the world. A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park recounts the grassroots, multi-voiced, and contentious effort to transform Brooklyn's defunct piers in the mid-1980s into a beautiful, conscientiously designed park. The movement to resist commercial development on the pier sprang up spontaneously but reveals how concerned citizens came together to shape the future of their community. After winning a number of batt.

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By the 1970's, the Brooklyn piers had become a wasteland on the New York City waterfront. Today they are a stunning park that is enjoyed by countless Brooklynites and visitors from around the world. A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park recounts the grassroots, multi-voiced, and contentious effort to transform Brooklyn's defunct piers in the mid-1980s into a beautiful, conscientiously designed park. The movement to resist commercial development on the pier sprang up spontaneously but reveals how concerned citizens came together to shape the future of their community. After winning a number of batt.

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