{"product_id":"brooklyn-bridge-park-joanne-witty-9780823273577","title":"Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA major social and political phenomenon of how a community overcame overwhelming opposition and obstacles to build the Brooklyn Bridge Park. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eStretching along a waterfront that faces one of the world's greatest harbors andstoried skylines, Brooklyn Bridge Park is among the largest and most significant public projects to be built in New York in a generation. It has transformed a decrepit industrial waterfront into a new public use that is both a reflection and an engine of Brooklyn's resurgence in the twenty-first century. \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Bridge Park\u003c\/em\u003e unravels the many obstacles faced during the development of the park and suggests solutions that can be applied to important economic and planning issues around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSituated below the quiet precincts of Brooklyn Heights, a strip of moribund structures that formerly served bustling port activity became the site of a prolonged battle. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey eyed it as an ideal location for high-rise or commercial development. \u003cstrong\u003eThe idea to build Brooklyn Bridge Park came from local residents and neighborhood leaders looking for less intensive uses of the property. \u003c\/strong\u003eTogether, elected officials joined with members of the communities to produce a practical plan, skillfully won a commitment of government funds in a time of fiscal austerity, then persevered through\u003cstrong\u003e long periods of inaction, abrupt changes of government, two recessions, numerous controversies often accompanied by litigation, and a superstorm\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Bridge Park \u003c\/em\u003eis the success story of a grassroots movement and community planning that united around a common vision. Drawing on the authors' personal experiences--one as a reporter, the other as a park leader--\u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Bridge Park\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together contemporaneous reports of events that provide a record of every twist and turn in the story. Interviews with more than sixty people reveal the human dynamics that unfolded in the course of building the park, including attitudes and opinions that arose about class, race, gentrification, commercialization, development, and government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the park's broad and growing appeal, its creation was lengthy, messy, and often contentious.\u003cem\u003e Brooklyn Bridge Park\u003c\/em\u003e suggests ways other civic groups can address such hurdles within their own communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Witty, Henrik Krogius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823273571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823273577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 104","brand":"Joanne Witty","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120359829759,"sku":"9780823273577","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16d3f257-239f-45bf-afa0-f771f958b950.jpg?v=1687413907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brooklyn-bridge-park-joanne-witty-9780823273577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}