Tom Fox

Creating the Hudson River Park

Environmental and Community Activism, Politics, and Greed

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Former Hudson River Park Conservancy president Tom Fox offers an insider’s look at the park’s expansion and the conflicts it has spawned among community activists, local politicians, and private developers. Explaining how the park’s current problems might be surmounted, he provides a model for future urban planners.   

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 158mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 874g
• ISBN-13: 9781978814011
• ISBN-10: 1978814011
• Artikelnr.: 68489218

Autorenporträt

TOM FOX was an original member of the Green Guerillas and the first president of the Hudson River Park Conservancy. He designed the 40-mile Brooklyn/Queens Greenway and was the founding co-chair of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition. Fox was the co-founder and CEO of New York Water Taxi and has served on nonprofit and corporate boards and public commissions and has received recognition from the government, and environmental, professional and civic organizations.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction 
1 Starting the Journey 
2 Westway (1974–1985)
3 The West Side Task Force (1986–1987)
4 The Letdown (1987–1988)
5 The West Side Waterfront Panel (1988–1990)
6 New Park Proposed (1990–1992)
7 Things Finally Start Happening (1992–1993)
8 Completing the Plan and Change at the Top (1994–1995)
9 A New Approach (1995–1997)
10 Hudson River Park Act (1998–2000)
11 The World Changes (2001–2003)
12 Hope Renewed, Problems Continue (2004–2008)
13 Going from Bad to Worse (2009–2012)
14 The Trust Goes over to the Dark Side (2013–2014)
15 Public Resistance Builds (2015–2016)
16 A Court Battle Ends, and the Governor Delivers (2016–2018)
17 Will the Incoming Tide Return? (2019–2023)
18 Hope Springs Eternal (2024 and Beyond)
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Index