{"product_id":"palisades-the-peoples-park-hardback-9780823293704","title":"Palisades; The People's Park (Hardback) 9780823293704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePalisades\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe People's Park\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert O. Binnewies (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823293704\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages, 30 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.764 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money to build a park legacy of incomparable benefit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003ePalisades: The People's Park \u003c\/i\u003epresents 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 philanthropy, a steep learning curve, and responsibilities for guardianship passed with care from one generation to the next. \u003cbr\u003e Despite the involvement of men of great wealth and fame from its earliest beginnings, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission faced an early and ongoing struggle to arrange financial support from both the New York and New Jersey state governments for a park that would cross state lines. The conflicts between developers and conservationists, industrialists and wilderness enthusiasts, with their opposing views regarding the uses of natural resources required the commissioners of the PIPC to become skilled negotiators, assiduous fundraisers, and savvy participants in the political process. The efforts to create Palisades Interstate Park was prodigious, requiring more than 1,000 real estate transactions to establish Sterling Forest, to save Storm King Mountain, to preserve Lake Minnewaska, to protect Stony Point Battlefield and Washington's headquarters, to open Bear Mountain and Harriman state parks, and to add the other sixteen parks to the Palisades Interstate Park System.\u003cbr\u003e Beginning with the efforts of Elizabeth Vermilye of the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs, who enlisted President Theodore Roosevelt's support to stop the blasting and quarrying of Palisades rock, author Robert Binnewies traces the story of the famous, including J. P. Morgan, the Rockefellers, and the Harrimans, as well as the not-so-famous men and women whose donations of time and money led to the preservation of New York and New Jersey's most scenic and historic lands. The park experiment, begun in 1900, still stands as a dynamic model among the nation's major environmental achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Barnabas McHenry\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eForeword by Joshua Laird\u003c\/i\u003e   xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e A Dynamite Park   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e The Commission   5\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e Upriver   22\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Harriman   36\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Legend and War   51\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Welch   60\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e Bear Mountain   71\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e Perkins   91\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e Jolliffe   111\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e Trail and Bridge   128\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e Uncle Bennie   143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12\u003c\/b\u003e Black Thursday   156\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e The Compact   173\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e The Palisades Parkway   195\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e15\u003c\/b\u003e Storm King   220\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e16\u003c\/b\u003e Minnewaska   248\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e17\u003c\/b\u003e Sterling Forest   282\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e18\u003c\/b\u003e Honor and Electronics   332\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA.\u003c\/b\u003e Palisades Interstate Park Commission Parks and Historic Sites   351\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eB.\u003c\/b\u003e The Public-Private Partnership to Save Sterling Forest   353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e   355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSources\u003c\/i\u003e   357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e   387\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Empire State Editions","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580427071768,"sku":"9780823293704","price":125.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/palisades-the-peoples-park-hardback-9780823293704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}