Bibliograph

Gotham unbound, the ecological history of greater New York, Ted Steinberg

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Gotham unbound, the ecological history of greater New York, Ted Steinberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-494) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gotham unbound

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

857754181

Responsibility statement

Ted Steinberg

Sub title

the ecological history of greater New York

Summary

"When Henry Hudson dropped anchor in 1609, Mannahatta was a vast forest inhabited by the Lenape Indians ... Over the years it gave way to an onslaught managed by thousands, from Governor John Montgomerie, who turned water lots into land, and John Randel, who imposed the grid plan on Manhattan, to Robert Moses, Donald Trump, and Michael Bloomberg ... Here, in full, glorious detail is an epic 400 years in the making. It is the story of New York's struggle with the natural world, of the lives and decisions that transformed waterscape and landscape so as to accommodate 6 percent of the nation's entire population. It is the story of Gotham Unbound."--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Part One. Under water, 1609-1789 : Entrepôt -- George Washington stepped here -- Part Two. The great transformation, 1790-1920 : The reticulation -- Adventures in drainage -- The revenge of Thomas Dongan -- The open loop -- The exploding metropolis -- Two-dimensional Gotham -- Part Three. Night comes to the marshes, 1900-1980 : The road to Hermitville -- The landscapers of Queens -- The wilds of Staten Island -- The massifs of Fresh Kills -- The great Hackensack disappearing act -- Part Four. The green colossus, 1960-2012 : The age of limits -- The Big Apple biome -- The future of New York

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