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9781439666432
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25-03-2019
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Uitgever
Arcadia Publishing
Auteur(s)
Christopher C. Verga
Saving Fire Island from Robert Moses
The Fight for a National Seashore
Christopher C. Verga
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€13,99
Small
coastal
communities
stand
up
to
the
giant
of
mid-20th
century
urban
development
in
this
chronicle
of
a
true
David
and
Goliath
drama.With
its
unspoiled,
tranquil
shorelines,
Fire
Island
has
been
an
oasis
for
vacationers
for
well
over
a
century.
But
from
the
late
1930s
into
the
early
1960s,
it
was
an
obsession
for
Robert
Moses,
the
political
power
broker
and
"master
builder"
who
reshaped
much
of
New
York.
His
urban
development
projects
helped
create
Long
Island’s
suburbs,
and
he
dreamed
of
turning
Fire
Island
into
an
extension
of
Ocean
Parkway.Standing
up
to
those
ambitions
were
the
seventeen
individualistic
communities
of
Fire
Island,
unified
in
their
love
for
their
sun-washed
sandy
beaches.
To
maintain
a
traditional
way
of
life
with
limited
access
to
motor
vehicles,
the
community
began
the
fight
for
federal
protection
through
the
creation
of
the
Fire
Island
National Seashore.
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