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Note on the Parks Department Files: These are unorganized collections containing ephemera, correspondence, maps, copies of relevant information from other city departments, and city "property cards." More information on some of the structures mentioned can also be found within the Arts and Antiquities section of the Parks Department.

All files are available at the Library of the Parks Department at the Arsenal in Central Park, at 64th St. and 5th Ave.

New York Department of Parks and Recreation, File BX-1, Aqueduct Lands

New York Department of Parks and Recreation, File BX-82, Center Plots

New York Department of Parks and Recreation, File M-37, Highbridge Park

New York Times (For specific topics and articles, see footnotes.)

Several informal discussions with DEP employees and residents of the areas discussed in this paper gave background information. More specific information was provided by informal interviews with:

Richard Canatta, Amsterdam Home Facilities Manager, Nov. 28, 2001

Frank Feeley, Chief, Queens/Brooklyn, Pumping Operations, Nov. 24, 2001

And by a presentation given at the Gotham Center Conference by:

Al Appleton, former Commissioner of the DEP