Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index
Introduction : preservation and its history in New York -- Memory sites : buildings, parks, events -- Portfolio : Frank Cousins’s photographs for the Art Commission, 1913 -- The preservation and destruction of St. John’s Chapel -- City Hall Park : hearth of official civic memory -- Bronx River Parkway : modern highway, environmental improvement, memory infrastructure -- Conclusion : looking critically at preservation’s own past.
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