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Genre |
: Docks |
Author |
: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Docks |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1888 |
File |
: 236 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UIUC:30112032684042 |
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: |
Author |
: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Docks and Ferries |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1916 |
File |
: 122 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PRNC:32101051059275 |
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Genre |
: Engineering |
Author |
: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1977 |
File |
: 1516 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UIUC:30112048870247 |
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Genre |
: Economics |
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: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1962 |
File |
: 364 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UIUC:30112106700963 |
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: |
Author |
: New York (N.Y.). Produce Exchange |
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: |
Release |
: 1873 |
File |
: 432 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCAL:B3011606 |
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Genre |
: Commerce |
Author |
: New York Chamber of Commerce |
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: |
Release |
: 1872 |
File |
: 426 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105126440762 |
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Genre |
: Marine service |
Author |
: United States. Coast Guard |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1915 |
File |
: 346 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015016774393 |
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"Nature provided New York with a sheltered harbor but the city with a challenge: to find the necessary capital to build and expand the maritime infrastructure. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the city's government did not have the responsibility or the fiscal resources to develop needed port facilities. To build the infrastructure, the government awarded "water-lots" to private individuals to build wharves and piers, surrendering public control of the waterfront. For over 250 years private enterprise ran the waterfront; the city played a peripheral role. By the end of the Civil War chaos reigned and threatened the port's dominance. In 1870 the city and state created the Department of Docks to exercise public control and rebuild the maritime infrastructure for the new era of steamships and ocean liners. A hundred years later, technological change in the form of the shipping container and jet airplane rendered Manhattan's waterfront obsolete within an incredibly short time span. The maritime use of the shoreline collapsed, mirroring the near death of the city of New York in the 1970s. Ships disappeared and abandoned piers and empty warehouses lined the waterfront. The city slowly and painfully recovered. The empty waterfront allowed visionaries and planners to completely reimagine a shore lined with parkland. Along the new waterfront, luxury housing has transformed the waterfront neighborhoods where the Irish longshoremen once lived. A few remaining piers offer spectacular views of the city's waterways, now a most precious asset. The rebirth has been driven by complex private/public partnerships, with the city of New York playing only a peripheral role. The contentious question of private vs. public control of the waterfront remains a continuing issue in the 21st century"--
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Genre |
: Architecture |
Author |
: Kurt C. Schlichting |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Release |
: 2018-05-15 |
File |
: 257 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781421425238 |
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: |
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: United States. War Department |
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: |
Release |
: 1912 |
File |
: 1316 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: HARVARD:32044089510143 |
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Genre |
: Naval art and science |
Author |
: United States. Navy Department |
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: |
Release |
: 1909 |
File |
: 1102 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PRNC:32101043274107 |