A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park: How a Community Reclaimed and Transformed New York City's Waterfront

by David Shirley and Nancy Webster

By the 1970s, the Brooklyn piers had become a wasteland on the New York City waterfront. Today, they have been transformed into a stunning park that is enjoyed by countless Brooklynites and visitors from across New York City and around the world. A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park recounts the grassroots, multivoiced, and contentious effort, beginning in the 1980s, to transform Brooklyn's defunct piers into a beautiful, urban oasis. The movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231171226
• ISBN13: 9780231171229
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher