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Coney Island
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 182

Coney Island

For almost 100 years, Coney Island was the most popular seaside destination in the United States. Eachyear, millions escaped the heat of New York City to savor the thrills of the Cyclone roller coaster and Wonder Wheel at the Astroland amusement park. They came to sample an original Nathan's Famous hot dog, witness the first demolition derby, or to take a chance at a game of three-card Monte on the legendary boardwalk. The advent of air-conditioning, concerns about Coney's "tawdry" entertainment, and faster transportation to other beaches hastened the demise of what had become a uniquely American icon of entertainment and a defining terminus of New York at the water's edge. In an effort to r...

The Good Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 134

The Good Life

"The Good Life: New Public Spaces For Recreation explores how architects, designers, landscape architects, end artists ore reinventing urban public spaces to meet the needs of 21st-century recreation. Chosen for their innovative solutions and high-quality designs, the seventy projects provide a cross-section of some of the most interesting new spaces for leisure around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Civic Exchange
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 36

Civic Exchange

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 762

East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Variable City
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 44

Variable City

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Permanent WTC PATH Terminal
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 852

Permanent WTC PATH Terminal

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Coney Island Reader
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

A Coney Island Reader

This literary anthology celebrates the history and romance of Coney Island with works by some of the 19th and 20th centuries’ greatest authors and poets. Featuring a stunning gallery of portraits by the world's finest poets, essayists, and fiction writers--including Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, José Martí, Maxim Gorky, Federico García Lorca, Isaac Bashevis Singer, E. E. Cummings, Djuna Barnes, Colson Whitehead, Robert Olen Butler, and Katie Roiphe—this anthology illuminates the unique history and transporting experience of New York City’s quintessential beach destination. Moody, mystical, and enchanting, Coney Island has thrilled newcomers and soothed native New Yorkers for decades. Its fantasy entertainments, renowned beach foods, world-class boardwalk, and expansive beach offer a kaleidoscopic panorama of people, places, and events that have inspired writers of all types and nationalities. It becomes, as Lawrence Ferlinghetti once wrote, "a Coney Island of the mind."

International Architecture Competition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 540

International Architecture Competition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Almanac of Architecture and Design
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 788

Almanac of Architecture and Design

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Includes Calendar, Registry of Awards in the Field, Directories of Museums, Professional Organizations, Leading Firms, and University Programs, and Short Obituaries.

The Architect's Newspaper
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

The Architect's Newspaper

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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