Preserving New York
Subtitle: winning the right to protect a city's landmarks
By: Anthony C. Wood.
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor and Francis
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415952842
Subjects: Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc; New York (N.Y.) -- Cultural policy; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The myth of Pennsylvania Station; title: Albert Bard and the city beautiful; title: The bridge, the castle and Moses; title: Postwar as prelude; title: The civics engage; title: The Bard Act; title: The Village people; title: The view from the heights; title: Heard. deferred. referred; title: A series of near misses; title: The commission and the station; title: Crisis and sacrifice.