Cultural Landscape Report for Battery Weed, Fort Wadsworth, Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island, New York. Site History, Existing Conditions, Analysis and Evaluation, and Treatment Recommendations

摘要

This thesis is based on a methodological framework developed by the National Park Service for use as a Cultural Landscape Report. The landscape of Battery Weed overlooking the entrance to New York Harbor has a history of military development and use beginning during the American Revolution when the site was farmland. The landscape, with its panoramic views of New York Bay became a popular site for public recreational use from the nineteenth century on, to its present status as a part of Gateway National Recreation Area.