Preserving New York : winning the right to protect a city's landmarks /

Preserving New York : winning the right to protect a city's landmarks /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wood, Anthony C., 1954-
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, c2008.
Description:	xxii, 422 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	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. Architecture -- Conservation and restoration. Buildings. Cultural policy. Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration. Historic preservation. New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. New York (N.Y.) -- Cultural policy. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century. New York (State) -- New York. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6650020

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ISBN:	9780415952842 (cloth) 0415952840 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-399) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preserving New York: Winning the Right to Protect A City's Landmark?
Acknowledgements
Preface
l. The Myth of Pennsylvania Station
2. Albert Bard and the City Beautiful
3. The Bridge, the Castle and Moses
4. Postwar as Prelude
5. The Civics Engage
6. The Bard Act
7. The Village People
8. The View from the Heights
9. Heard
Deferred
Referred
10. A Series of Near Misses
11. The Commission and the Station
12. Crisis and Sacrifice Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Photographic credits
Index