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Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero

By Anthony C. Wood
Hardcover
$38.00
By Anthony C. Wood
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Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero is the true story of the interplay between the two all—consuming passions of this unheralded civic champion: his love of beauty in the public realm that would forever change New York City, and his love for a younger man that would forever change Bard. Albert Sprague Bard (1866—1963) fought for cities to have the right to protect their beauty, propelling him into a David versus Goliath combat with Robert M...

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