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Author Mason, Randall, 1963-

Title The once and future New York : historic preservation and the modern city / Randall Mason.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2009]
©2009

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 Moore Stacks  NA108.N48 M37 2009    Available  ---
Description xxxiv, 307 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and index.
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.
Subject Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Historic preservation.
New York (State) -- New York.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York.
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration.
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
National Book Committee.
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