Beyond the Edge

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ISBN: 9781568983271
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Softcover, 208 pages
21 x 27,3 cm
colour/black & white
November 2002
€23,00 (excl. VAT)

Beyond the Edge

New York's New Waterfront

Raymond W. Gastil

Before September 11, 2001, New York City was in the process of transforming its waterfront after decades of neglect. The tragic events of that day brought into sharper focus the issue surrounding the development of the water's edge, along with a host of more complicated issues involving monuments and icons, public space and public safety, reconstruction and renewal. Will New York's future waterfront development be ruled only by issues of economic necessity, infrastructure, and politics, or can it embrace innovative design as well? Raymond W. Gastil, director of the Van Alen Institute, makes a case for the importance of inspired design in the redevelopment of Manhattan's waterfront.