Author: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of ParksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Grand Avenues
Author: Scott W. BergPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400076226
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding nature also made him many powerful enemies. After eleven months, Washington reluctantly dismissed L’Enfant from the project. Subsequently, the plan for the city was published under another name, and L’Enfant died long before it was rightfully attributed to him. Filled with incredible characters and passionate human drama, Scott W. Berg’s deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy.
Other Avenues are Possible
Author: Shanta Nimbark SacharoffPublisher:
ISBN: 9781629632322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Other Avenues Are Possible offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People's Food System of the 1970s. Weaving new interviews, historical research, and the author's personal story as a longstanding co-op member, the book captures the excitement of a growing radical social movement along with the struggles, heartbreaking defeats, and eventual resurgence of today's thriving network of Bay Area cooperatives, the greatest concentration of co-ops anywhere in the country. Integral to the early natural foods movement, with a radical vision of "Food for People, Not for Profit," the People's Food System challenged agribusiness and supermarkets, and quickly grew into a powerful local network with nationwide influence before flaming out, often in dramatic fashion. Other Avenues Are Possible documents how food co-ops sprouted from grassroots organizations with a growing political awareness of global environmental dilapidation and unequal distribution of healthy foods to proactively serve their local communities. The book explores both the surviving businesses and a new network of support organizations that is currently expanding.
The Avenues of Salt Lake City
Author: Karl T. HaglundPublisher:
ISBN: 9780913738313
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book deals with both the history and architecture of the Avenues Historic District -- primarily a residential district -- of Salt Lake City.
Avenues of Faith
Author: Charles TaylorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781481312509
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Death opens the gates to resurrection. The pathways to faith are diverse, but all carry components of death and renewal. In Avenues of Faith: Conversations with Jonathan Guilbault, Charles Taylor takes readers through a handful of books that played a crucial role in shaping his posture as a believer, a process that involved leaving the old behind and embracing the new. In a dynamic interview-style structure, Taylor answers questions from Jonathan Guilbault about how each book has informed his thought. The five sections of Avenues of Faith briefly introduce authors and their principal works before delving into the associated discussion. Taylor and Guilbault engage Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception, Friedrich Hölderlin's Poems, Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, and Brother Émile's Faithful to the Future: Listening to Yves Congar. By exploring themes such as faith, the church, freedom, language, philosophy, and more, this book engages both literary enthusiasts and spiritual seekers. Scholars of Taylor will recognize the philosopher's continuation of his reflections on modernity as he expresses his faith. Avenues of Faith gives readers unprecedented access to a world-renowned philosopher's reflections on the literary masterpieces that have shaped his life and scholarship and that continue to stand the test of time. --Jean-Philippe Pierron "Étvdes"
General Report ...
Author: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of ParksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The City Documents
Author: Lynn (Mass.).Annual Reports of the City Departments of the City of Cincinnati ...
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio)Public Improvements
Author: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). Office of the PresidentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
1015 Second Avenue
Author: Annual Report of the Department of Health of the City of New York ...
Author: New York (N.Y.). Department of HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description