visions for an urban national park Brash, Alexander 1958- Hand, Jamie 1978- Orff, Kate 1971- ebrary, Inc text Electronic books. nyu New York Princeton Architectural Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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221 p. : ill. "Gateway National Recreation Area is one of the most diverse and underused parks in the national park system. Spreading across the coastline of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey, it includes wildlife estuaries, bird-nesting areas, salt marshes, historic military forts, beaches, and NYC's first municipal airport, to name just a few of its exceptional features. It also contains sewage treatment plants, sewer outfalls, landfills, and acres upon acres of "black mayonnaise." Due to neglect and misuse, this extraordinary natural and national resource is at risk. Ninety percent of the salt marshes in Jamaica Bay--one of the most biologically productive habitats in the region--will have disappeared by 2011. This book presents the collaborative efforts of the Van Alan Institute, the National Parks Conservation Association, and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation to investigate and document the diverse ecology of the park and re-envision a more sustainable future for it"-- Alexander Brash, Jamie Hand, and Kate Orff, editors. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us-ny n-us-nj National parks and reserves Public use Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.) Natural areas Public use Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.) Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.) Environmental conditions Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.) Management F128.65.G38 G38 2011eb 974.9 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10520557 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10520557 CaPaEBR 110408 ebr10520557