Preserving New York
Subtitle: winning the right to protect a city's landmarks
By: Anthony C. Wood.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
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 (p. [395]-399) and index.
Table of contents: value: The myth of Pennsylvania Station; value: Albert Bard and the city beautiful; value: The bridge, the castle and Moses; value: Postwar as prelude; value: The civics engage; value: The Bard Act; value: The Village people; value: The view from the heights; value: Heard. deferred. referred; value: A series of near misses; value: The commission and the station; value: Crisis and sacrifice.