MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03451cam a22004698i 4500
001 2015021505
003 DLC
005 20150923082947.0
008 150918s2016 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015021505
020 $a9781101875537 (hardcover)
020 $z9781101875544 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ny
050 00 $aQH76.5.N7$bR64 2016
082 00 $a508.747/1$223
084 $aHIS036080$aNAT011000$aART050020$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRogers, Elizabeth Barlow,$d1936-
245 10 $aGreen metropolis :$bthe extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design /$cElizabeth Barlow Rogers.
250 $aFirst edition.
263 $a1604
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
520 2 $a"The woman who launched the restoration of Central Park in 1980 surveys in depth seven green landscapes in New York City, their history--both natural and human--and how they have been transformed over time. Elizabeth Barlow Rogers describes seven landscapes: greenbelt and nature refuge that runs along the spine of Staten Island on land once intended for a highway; Jamaica Bay, near JFK Airport, whose mosaic of fragile, endangered marshes has been preserved as a bird sanctuary; Inwood Hill, in upper Manhattan, whose forest once sheltered Native Americans and Revolutionary soldiers before it became a site for wealthy estates and subsequently a public park; the Central Park Ramble, a carefully designed artificial wilderness in the middle of the city; Roosevelt Island, formerly Welfare Island, in the East River, where urban planners built a traffic-free 'new town in town' in the 1970s and whose southern tip now boasts the Louis Kahn-designed memorial to FDR; Fresh Kills, the James Corner Field Operations-designed 2,200-acre park on Staten Island that is being created out of what was once the world's largest landfill; The High Line, in Manhattan's Chelsea and West Village neighborhoods, an aerial promenade built on an abandoned elevated rail spur"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aGreen Metropolis : Birth of a Landscape -- Green Woods : Staten Island Greenbelt -- Green Marshes : Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge -- Green Forest : Inwood Hill Park -- Green Miracle : Central Park Ramble -- Green Community : Roosevelt Island -- Green Garbage : Fresh Kills -- Green Promenade : The High Line.
650 0 $aNatural areas$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aParks$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aLandscapes$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aNatural history$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
650 0 $aUrban ecology (Biology)$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aCity planning$xEnviromental aspects$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEnvironmental conditions.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes.$2bisacsh