Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE
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Contents |
Swim Annie, swim! -- Fire and water -- The eureka moment -- Waterfront in despair -- Hoboken ho -- Finding C -- Contracts and crawdads -- Kafka on the pier -- Perspective matters -- The Orwellian bureaucracy -- The big jump -- The lady moves to the Bronx -- Swim, New York City's children, swim |
Summary |
"Waterfront planner, urban historian, and parks advocate Ann Buttenwieser looked to New York City's nineteenth-century past to find inspiration for a floating pool that would bring New Yorkers back to their waterfront and give them the experience of swimming in water on water"-- Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
Urban waterfront planning, new york city history, Manhattan waterfront, bronx waterfront |
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new york city waterfront, Baretto Point Park |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2021) |
Subject |
Floating Pool Lady (Barge) -- History
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Swimming pools -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
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Public baths -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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Public baths
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New York (State) -- New York
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2020040006 |
ISBN |
9781501716034 |
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1501716034 |
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9781501716027 |
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1501716026 |
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