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.
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Historic preservation. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Architecture -- Conservation and restoration. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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National Book Committee. |
ISBN |
9780816656042 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780816656035 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0816656037 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0816656045 paperback alkaline paper |
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