The Resource Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
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The item Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- "The story of how one woman's long love affair with New York's Central Park led her to a job in which she was able to organize the rescue of the park from its serious decline in the 1970s, returning it to the beautiful place of recreational opportunity and spiritual sustenance 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 degree in City Planning at Yale. And then her move to New York where she has children 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 almost 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 her many books, to travels that have taken her to parks and gardens around the world, and has solidified the prestige of New York's most conspicuous landmark."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 301 pages
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Contents
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- Introduction: Implausible ideal
- Near death
- Early advocates
- Looking back
- Moving forward
- Design masterpiece
- Multiple lives
- Power player
- Learning curve
- Changing times
- Troubled waters
- Gardening days
- Going abroad
- Darker side
- Growing pains
- Two Betsys
- Money matters
- Golden age
- Saffron celebration
- Isbn
- 9781524733551
- Label
- Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir
- Title
- Saving Central Park
- Title remainder
- a history and a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
- Subject
-
- Central Park (New York, N.Y) -- History
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- History
- Conservationists
- Conservationists -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Employees
- History
- Landscape architects
- Landscape architects -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.), Department of Parks and Recreation
- Autobiographies
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York | Central Park
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936-
- 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
- New York (N.Y.), Department of Parks and Recreation -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The story of how one woman's long love affair with New York's Central Park led her to a job in which she was able to organize the rescue of the park from its serious decline in the 1970s, returning it to the beautiful place of recreational opportunity and spiritual sustenance 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 degree in City Planning at Yale. And then her move to New York where she has children 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 almost 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 her many books, to travels that have taken her to parks and gardens around the world, and has solidified the prestige of New York's most conspicuous landmark."--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow
- Dewey number
-
- 333.78/3092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F128.65.C3
- LC item number
- R642 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Conservationists
- Landscape architects
- Women conservationists
- Women landscape architects
- Conservationists
- Employees
- Landscape architects
- Women conservationists
- Women landscape architects
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- New York (State)
- Central Park (New York, N.Y)
- Label
- Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Implausible ideal -- Near death -- Early advocates -- Looking back -- Moving forward -- Design masterpiece -- Multiple lives -- Power player -- Learning curve -- Changing times -- Troubled waters -- Gardening days -- Going abroad -- Darker side -- Growing pains -- Two Betsys -- Money matters -- Golden age -- Saffron celebration
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524733551
- Lccn
- 2017023487
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)999672018
- (OCoLC)ocn999672018
- Label
- Saving Central Park : a history and a memoir, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Implausible ideal -- Near death -- Early advocates -- Looking back -- Moving forward -- Design masterpiece -- Multiple lives -- Power player -- Learning curve -- Changing times -- Troubled waters -- Gardening days -- Going abroad -- Darker side -- Growing pains -- Two Betsys -- Money matters -- Golden age -- Saffron celebration
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524733551
- Lccn
- 2017023487
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)999672018
- (OCoLC)ocn999672018
Subject
- Central Park (New York, N.Y) -- History
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
- Central Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.) -- History
- Conservationists
- Conservationists -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Employees
- History
- Landscape architects
- Landscape architects -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.), Department of Parks and Recreation
- Autobiographies
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York | Central Park
- Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 1936-
- 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
- New York (N.Y.), Department of Parks and Recreation -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Biography
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