Palisades
Subtitle: 100,000 acres in 100 years
By: Robert O. Binnewies.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Hudson Valley heritage series,; no. 1
Publisher: Fordham University Press and Palisades Interstate Park Commission
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Palisades Interstate Park Commission -- History
Description: "Marking the centennial of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Palisades: 100,000 Acres in 100 Years celebrates the unique series of parklands, most within sight of the Empire State Building, that is the Palisades Interstate Park. Beginning with turn-of-the-century efforts to stop blasting and quarrying of the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from New York City, this book traces the famous - Theodore Roosevelt, J. P. Morgan, the Rockefellers, and the Harrimans - and the not-so-famous men and women whose donations of time, money, determination, and energy led to the preservation of 100,000 acres within the nations' most densely populated metropolitian region."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.