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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936-     Subjects     Natural areas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     Landscapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York.     Urban ecology (Biology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     City planning -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936-       by title:      Green metropolis : t...         MARC Display

Green metropolis : the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ; foreword by Tony Hiss. by Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Subjects Natural areas -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   Landscapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   Human ecology -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   Urban ecology (Sociology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York.   Urban ecology (Biology) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   City planning -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   New York (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions. ISBN:  9781101875537 1101875534 Description:  xvi, 220 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Green 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 508.7471 Ro Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 508.7471 Ro Checked out 05/28/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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