New York recentered : building the metropolis from the shore /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schlichting, Kara Murphy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]
Series:	Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects:	New York (N.Y.) > History. City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Cities and towns > New York (State) > New York > Growth. Urban ecology (Sociology) > New York (State) > New York > History. HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Benefactor planning: Barnum's bridgeport and Steinway's Queens
Laying out the trans-Harlem city
Working-class leisure on the Upper East River and Sound
Designing a coastal playland around Long Island Sound
"They shall not pass": opposition to public leisure and state park planning
"From dumps to glory": Flushing Meadows and the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940
Epilogue: the limits of the world of tomorrow.