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Product Identifiers

PublisherMonacelli Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101580936172

ISBN-139781580936170

eBay Product ID (ePID)20060623653

Product Key Features

Book TitleBrooklyn Bridge Park : Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicAdaptive Reuse & Renovation, Landscape, General, Agriculture / General

IllustratorYes

GenreArchitecture, Technology & Engineering

AuthorElijah Chilton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight82.3 Oz

Item Length12.3 in

Item Width10.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-940672

Reviews'A glorious doorstop of a book.' - Common Edge ' A testament to the 25 years of relentless work that came with the park's transformation.' - The Harvard Crimson 'With over 300 photographs and drawings, the book is a visual biography of the ambitious work of urban and landscape design in New York City.' - designboom 'A new book dedicated to the park with a photography-heavy look back at its planning, design and construction. . . . [It] documents the process of creating a destination park, winning over politicians and neighbors in the planning process and designing around a series of environmental challenges.' - Bloomberg CityLab 'A beautiful book that takes readers on a journey from the park's inception to its completion.' - Upscale Living Magazine 'Richly illustrated with before-and-after photographs, concept sketches, and design documents, the book brings the reader on a journey . . . the volume is similar to what Van Valkenburgh believes makes for a good park: something you can get lost in.' - Interior Design 'A visual celebration of a park a quarter-century in the making.' - World-Architects, 'With over 300 photographs and drawings, the book is a visual biography of the ambitious work of urban and landscape design in New York City.' - designboom 'A new book dedicated to the park with a photography-heavy look back at its planning, design and construction. . . . [It] documents the process of creating a destination park, winning over politicians and neighbors in the planning process and designing around a series of environmental challenges.' - Bloomberg CityLab 'A beautiful book that takes readers on a journey from the park's inception to its completion.' - Upscale Living Magazine 'Richly illustrated with before-and-after photographs, concept sketches, and design documents, the book brings the reader on a journey . . . the volume is similar to what Van Valkenburgh believes makes for a good park: something you can get lost in.' - Interior Design 'A visual celebration of a park a quarter-century in the making.' - World-Architects, 'A glorious doorstop of a book.' - Common Edge 'A testament to the 25 years of relentless work that came with the park's transformation.' -The Harvard Crimson 'With over 300 photographs and drawings, the book is a visual biography of the ambitious work of urban and landscape design in New York City.' -designboom 'A new book dedicated to the park with a photography-heavy look back at its planning, design and construction. . . . [It] documents the process of creating a destination park, winning over politicians and neighbors in the planning process and designing around a series of environmental challenges.' - Bloomberg CityLab 'A beautiful book that takes readers on a journey from the park's inception to its completion.' - Upscale Living Magazine 'Richly illustrated with before-and-after photographs, concept sketches, and design documents, the book brings the reader on a journey . . . the volume is similar to what Van Valkenburgh believes makes for a good park: something you can get lost in.' - Interior Design 'A visual celebration of a park a quarter-century in the making.' - World-Architects

Dewey Edition23/eng/20240329

Afterword byHesser, Amanda

Dewey Decimal720

SynopsisMVVA's 23-year story of transforming 85 acres of Brooklyn waterfront into parkland that reconnects New Yorkers to the East River Reclaimed from 1.3 miles of New York's postindustrial waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge Park is a place for escape, recreation, and immersion in the natural world. Transforming parking lots and crumbling piers into a living ecosystem, the project is an exemplar of climate resilience, fiscal innovation, and joyful public space. This book examines MVVA's process of designing a park that went from a remote possibility to an essential part of the city around it., MVVA's 23-year story of transforming 85 acres of Brooklyn waterfront into parkland that reconnects New Yorkers to the East River

LC Classification NumberSB470.54.N4B7 2024