Customer Reviews

New York Waterfront: Evolution and Building Culture of the Port and Harbor

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I wandered around the Hudson River docks as a kid marveling at the liners and freighters that tied up there. This book rekindled those memories. What I found interesing is that the life spans of piers is so short, about 45 years at best. The rapid assent of the trucking industry using interstate highways, common use of airplane travel, containerized shipping, and the piers falling into disrepair occured more or less at once giving the port of New York a knockout blow. This sequence is well covered in the book.

What I found handy while reading the book was to use Google earth maps to see the area deing described in the book.

The book is well written and contains wonderful drawings "some way to small" plus it offers a possible look at the future of New York's waterfront

I'm very interested in NYC history and I hoped to find in this book more about harbor piers as part of the town, instead of geological and engineering info.

I have read this book. This book contains a lot of interesting and helpful information for people who would like to know about the history of new york city waterfront. Highly recommended.

I would like to get my own copy, its so goo