Saving Central Park: a history and a memoir
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The story of how one woman's long love affair with New York's Central Park led her to organize its rescue from serious decline, returning it to the beautiful place of recreational opportunity and spiritual sustenance that it is today.Elizabeth Barlow Rogers opens with a quick survey of her early life—a middle-class upbringing in Texas; college at Wellesley, marriage, a master's degree in city planning at Yale. And then her move to New York, where she starts a family and, when she finds being a mother and a housewife is not enough, pours herself into the protection and enhancement of the city's green spaces. Interwoven into her own story is a comprehensive history of Central Park: its design and construction as a scenic masterpiece; the alterations of each succeeding era; the addition of numerous facilities for sports and play; and finally, the "anything goes" phase of the 1960s and 70s, which was often fun but nearly destroyed the park. The two narratives continue to entwine as she finds a job in the administration of Central Park, founds the Central Park Conservancy, and transforms both the park and herself—a transformation that has led to the writing of her many books, to travels that have taken her to parks and gardens around the world, and to solidifying the prestige of one of New York's most conspicuous landmarks.
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Subjects
Subjects
Architecture
Biography & Autobiography
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History
Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- History
Conservationists
Conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
History
Landscape architects
Landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
New York (N.Y.). -- Department of Parks and Recreation -- Officials and employees -- Biography
Nonfiction
Officials and employees
Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow
Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, -- 1936-
Women conservationists
Women conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Women landscape architects
Women landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History
Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- History
Conservationists
Conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
History
Landscape architects
Landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
New York (N.Y.). -- Department of Parks and Recreation -- Officials and employees -- Biography
Nonfiction
Officials and employees
Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow
Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, -- 1936-
Women conservationists
Women conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Women landscape architects
Women landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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9781524733551
9781524733568
9781524733568
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subject_facet | Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- History Conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography New York (N.Y.). -- Department of Parks and Recreation -- Officials and employees -- Biography Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, -- 1936- Women conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Women landscape architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir / Elizabeth Barlow Rogers Saving Central Park A History and a Memoir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Architecture Biography & Autobiography Conservationists History Landscape architects Nonfiction Officials and employees Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow Women conservationists Women landscape architects |