Palisades – The People`s Park Binnewies Paperback John Wiley & Sons

PalisadesThe People's Park\nAuthor(s): Robert O. Binnewies\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823293698, 978-0823293698\nSynopsis\nHow the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money to build a park legacy of incomparable benefit\n The Palisades park and historic site system in New York and New Jersey is a significant anchor-point for the spread of national and state parks across the nation. The challenge to protect these treasures began with a brutal blast of dynamite in the late nineteenth century and continues to this day. Palisades: The People's Park presents the story of getting from zero protected acres to the rich tapestry that is today's Palisades park system, located in the nation's most densely populated metropolitan region. This is an account of huge determination, moments of crisis, caustic resistance to the very idea of conservation, glorious p.