Robert O Binnewies

Palisades

The People's Park

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Every park and historic site in the nation has a story to tell, none more compelling than creation of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. This effort, spanning more than a century, and still robust, has conserved thousands of acres in the nation's most densely populated metropolitan region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780823293698
• ISBN-10: 0823293696
• Artikelnr.: 59914533

Autorenporträt

Robert O. Binnewies was Executive Director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission throughout the 1990s. During a conservation career that spanned nearly forty years, he also served as Superintendent of Yosemite National Park, Vice President of the National Audubon Society, and Executive Director of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Barnabas McHenry ix
Foreword by Joshua Laird xi
1 A Dynamite Park 1
2 The Commission 5
3 Upriver 22
4 Harriman 36
5 Legend and War 51
6 Welch 60
7 Bear Mountain 71
8 Perkins 91
9 Jolliffe 111
10 Trail and Bridge 128
11 Uncle Bennie 143
12 Black Thursday 156
13 The Compact 173
14 The Palisades Parkway 195
15 Storm King 220
16 Minnewaska 248
17 Sterling Forest 282
18 Honor and Electronics 332
Appendixes
A. Palisades Interstate Park Commission Parks and Historic Sites 351
B. The Public-Private Partnership to Save Sterling Forest 353
Acknowledgments 355
Sources 357
Index 387