Harvey Lubar collection, 1884-1986.

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Harvey Lubar collection, 1884-1986.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57300587

87 sheet maps (with 4 indexes) of Bronx parks (including maps of the Lorillard estate and the villages of Bartow, Baychester, and Throgg's Neck before these areas were converted to park land); 3 atlases covering the west and south Bronx (one formerly owned by Louis Risse, engineer of the Grand Concourse) and 1 atlas covering the entire Bronx; publications and documents relating to Bronx parks (including histories, court documents, other records); vertical files relating to Bronx parks; New York City Dept. of Parks records (including annual reports); materials relating to arterials and transportation (including Arterials progress reports); other miscellaneous materials relating to Bronx parks.

95 items.2 cubic ft.

Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760814

Lehman College Library, Leonard Lief Library

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New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks.

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The vast urban park system in New York City (over 29,000 acres) has its origins from a 1686 charter by Governor Thomas Dongan which provided for municipal stewardship of vacant and unappropriated land. This charter enabled the city to acquire and maintain public spaces including a marketplace, a military and parade ground, and a public commons in today's lower Manhattan. Constructed on part of the land from the original public spaces, Bowling Green, the oldest public park in New Yor...

Robinson, Elisha.

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Lubar, Harvey,

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Harvey Lubar, a graduate of Lehman College, was Historian of Bronx Parks in the New York City Dept. of Parks during the 1980s. From the description of Harvey Lubar collection, 1884-1986. (Lehman College Library). WorldCat record id: 57300587 ...

Bromley, George Washington

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Risse, Louis A.

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