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This "exemplary social history" (Kirkus Reviews) is the first full-scale account of Central Park ever published. Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig tell the story of Central Park's people—the merchants and landowners who launched the project; the...



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Ambitious and adventurous.... A surprising and deeply social account of the park's contentious past. A powerful historical resource for thinking about the shape American public spaces have taken.

-- Susan G. Davis * The Nation *

Original and provocative.... A deeply felt celebration of the role of public space.

-- Robert Fishman * New York Times Book Review *

Prodigiously researched, eloquent. An outstanding study of the evolution of Manhattan's Central Park.

* Publishers Weekly *

The Park and the People A History of Central

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    A Paperback / softback by Roy Rosenzweig, Elizabeth Blackmar

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2019
      ISBN13: 9780801497513, 978-0801497513
      ISBN10: 0801497515

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This "exemplary social history" (Kirkus Reviews) is the first full-scale account of Central Park ever published. Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig tell the story of Central Park's people—the merchants and landowners who launched the project; the...



      Trade Review

      Ambitious and adventurous.... A surprising and deeply social account of the park's contentious past. A powerful historical resource for thinking about the shape American public spaces have taken.

      -- Susan G. Davis * The Nation *

      Original and provocative.... A deeply felt celebration of the role of public space.

      -- Robert Fishman * New York Times Book Review *

      Prodigiously researched, eloquent. An outstanding study of the evolution of Manhattan's Central Park.

      * Publishers Weekly *

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