Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Management Plan
Author : Jane Clark Chermayeff Associates LLC.
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Cultural property
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Author : Jane Clark Chermayeff Associates LLC.
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Cultural property
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Author : John Winthrop Aldrich
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Historic sites
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Author : Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0997152753
New for 2016, a completely updated guide to the Heritage Sites of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Traveling down the Hudson River, named by Native Americans the river that flows both ways, you discover people, places, and events that made American history. The cultural, historic, and scenic resources of the Hudson Valley are so numerous, so varied, and so compelling that its no wonder Congress recognized the Hudson River Valley as a National Heritage Area in 1996. The National Park Service called the region the landscape that defined America and characterized the valley as an exceptionally scenic landscape that has provided the setting and inspiration for new currents of American thought, art, and history. Its political importance was demonstrated early in our history when the river played a critical role in the Revolutionary War. The many streams and waterfalls of the tributaries of the Hudson River powered early sawmills and gristmills. The river and its landscapes inspired the Hudson River school of painters. Sublime and picturesque paintings by Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Asher Durand depicted this unique American landscape for the world to witness. Industrialists and commercial leaders like William and John D. Rockefeller, Frederick Vanderbilt, J. P. Morgan, and Ogden Mills built their great estates along the Hudson River. The second edition includes completely updated user-friendly design and vibrant photography; heritage site pages that include brief descriptions, contact information, and accessibility site characteristics; and National Park Service Passport Stamp locations with new cancellation stamp pages for your collection. Heritage sites in this guidebook are associated with areas of interest and categorized as must see, best bet, or special interest to make it easy to explore the stories of the Hudson River Valley. Heritage sites are also organized by geography and proximity to make it easy to find heritage sites nearby.
Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Catskill (N.Y.)
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Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental impact analysis
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Greenways
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
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Page : 2352 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 2000
Category : United States
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 2094 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 1870 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 1999
Category : United States
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Author : David Schuyler
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 27,24 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1501718061
In Embattled River, David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism in the United States. Writing fifty-five years after Consolidated Edison announced plans to construct a pumped storage power plant at Storm King Mountain, Schuyler recounts how a loose coalition of activists took on corporate capitalism and defended the river. As Schuyler shows, the environmental victories on the Hudson had broad impact. In the state at the heart of the story, the immediate result was the creation in 1970 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to monitor, investigate, and litigate cases of pollution. At the national level, the environmental ferment in the Hudson Valley that Schuyler so richly describes contributed directly to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, and the creation of the Superfund in 1980 to fund the cleanup of toxic-dumping sites. With these legal and regulatory means, the contest between environmental advocates and corporate power has continued well into the twenty-first century. Indeed, as Embattled River shows, the past is prologue. The struggle to control the uses and maintain the ecological health of the Hudson River persists and the stories of the pioneering advocates told by Schuyler provide lessons, reminders, and inspiration for today's activists.