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| Collection ID: | LIB-ASL002 |
| Collection Title: | Rudy Bruner Award Digital Archives |
| Departmental Affiliation: | University Libraries. Arts & Sciences Libraries. |
| Institution: | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Item ID: | 1991_greenway_brookly_greenway |
| Title: | Brooklyn/Queens Greenway; |
| Short Title: | Brooklyn/Queens Greenway |
| Overview: | The Brooklyn/Queens Greenway (BQG) is a planned 40-mile long, 5,000 acre bicycle trail and pedestrian path stretching from Coney Island on the Atlantic Ocean to Fort Trotter on Long Island Sound. Serving as a greenway connecting element, the BQG links a diverse array of cultural/recreational entities (such as: 13 parks; several lakes, botanic gardens, and museums; New York Aquarium, Shea Stadium, National Tennis Center, and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fair). Owing its linear park historical antecedents to the earlier open space planning visions of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 19th century (in Brooklyn), the BQG takes planning direction from a participatory nexus of advocacy groups (primarily the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition), landscape designers, city planners, state agencies, and community residents |
| Award Type: |
Historic Preservation Recreation |
| Location: | New York, New York |
| Award Cycle: | 1991 |
| Awarded: | Silver Medal Winner |
| Completion Date: | Not specified |
| Budget: | $17,000,000 |
| Project Type(s): |
Recreation Historic Preservation |
| Subject heading(s): |
Bicycle trails--New York (State)--New York. Brooklyn/Queens Greenway. Greenbelts--New York (State)--New York. Land use, Urban--New York (State)--New York. Open spaces--New York (State)--New York. Parks--New York (State)--New York. Recreation areas--New York (State)--New York |
| Bibliography: | Little C. E. (1990). From Olmsted to Moses to Fox: The Brooklyn-Queens Greenway, Coney Island to Fort Totten, New York. In Greenways for America (pp. 166-172). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.;Sullivan, J. (1988, September 25). The Greening of New York. Daily News (NY) Magazine.;The Brooklyn/Queens Greenway: Shore to Shore and So Much More. (n.d.). [brochure]. |
| File Size: | 1914 Bytes |
| Rights Management: | Use for educational purposes only. Single copies (print, photocopy, download) are permitted for personal study, research, and teaching. |
| DCMI Type: |
Image Still Image |
| File Name: | index.cpd |
Description
| Collection ID: | LIB-ASL002 |
| Collection Title: | Rudy Bruner Award Digital Archives |
| Departmental Affiliation: | University Libraries. Arts & Sciences Libraries. |
| Institution: | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Title: | Photo |
| File Size: | 74327 Bytes |
| Rights Management: | Use for educational purposes only. Single copies (print, photocopy, download) are permitted for personal study, research, and teaching. |
| DCMI Type: |
Image Still Image |
| File Name: | greenway_brooklyn_greenway_01pho.jpg |
