Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. “Salvation on the east river”: how a clever editor saw Jehovah’s light -- 1. “Eloquent reminders of sailing and shipbuilding”: how the seaport and world trade center (re)made Fulton street -- 2. “The kind of civilized vision that new yorkers are not supposed to have”: how historic preservation shaped lower Manhattan’s development -- 3. “Ships, the heart of the story”: how tall ships became big news -- 4. “Look at our waterfront! just look”: how earth day boomed the seaport -- 5. “A million people came away better human beings” how the past mended the present -- 6. “Shopping is the chief cultural activity in the united states”: how the seaport sold its soul -- 7. “They tore down paradise, and put up a shopping mall”: how speculators and rouseketeers created a bubble -- 8. “The museum was intellectually and financially bankrupt”: how the seaport fared after the bubble burst -- 9. “It’s tough when you have a museum in a mall”: how the seaport (almost) succeeded -- 10. “A ship is a hole in the water into which you pour money”: how maritime preservation (almost) won -- 11. “Sometimes you just can’t get a break”: how 9/11 torpedoed the seaport -- Conclusion. “Nobody knows that we’re here”: what happened to that promised salvation on the east river? -- Notes -- Index -- About the author

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    Title :

    Preserving South Street Seaport : The Dream and Reality of a New York Urban Renewal District


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    Publication date :

    2014


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    1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)




    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    387.10747471



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