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CONTENTS Prologue 1 1 Discovering and Engaging a Vacated Waterfront 9 2 The Rise and Fall of Shantytown Skatepark 33 3 March and Burn: Practice, Performance, and Leisure without a Plan 67 4 Outside Art: Exploring Wildness and Reclamation at the Water’s Edge 101 5 Local Tales: Hanging Out and Observing Life on the Waterfront 133 6 Residential Life: Hardship and Resiliency on the Waterfront 159 7 Neighbors Against Garbage: Activism and Uneasy Alliances on the Waterfront 185 8 Unplanned Postscript: Dogs, Sunsets, Rock Bands, and the Governance of a Waterfront Park 217 9 Planning for the Unplanned 241 Notes 265 Acknowledgments 285 Index 287 Color photographs follow pages 70 and 150 Greenpoint and Williamsburg. (Map by Megan Griffith and Daniel Campo, 2013.) [54.81.58.140] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 10:19 GMT) THE ACCIDENTAL PLAYGROUND The former Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal and Northside waterfront. (Graphic by Megan Griffith using Google Earth satellite images.) 2001 2012 ...