Waterfront Manhattan by Kurt C. Schlichting

12/02/2019 7h 44min
Waterfront Manhattan by Kurt C. Schlichting

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Title: Waterfront Manhattan
Author: Kurt C. Schlichting
Narrator: Joel Richards
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 02-12-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Architecture
Publisher's Summary:
Author Kurt C. Schlichting tells the story of the Manhattan waterfront as a struggle between public and private control of New York's priceless asset. Nature provided New York with a sheltered harbor but presented the city with a challenge: to find the necessary capital to build and expand the maritime infrastructure. From colonial times until after the Civil War, the city ceded control of the waterfront to private interests, excluding the public entirely and sparking a battle between shipping companies, the railroads, and ferries for access to the waterfront.