First Annual Report On The Improvement Of The Central Park New York
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First Annual Report On The Improvement Of The Central Park New York
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Author : New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
language : en
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Release Date : 1974
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Annual Report On The Improvement Of The Central Park New York
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 1857
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Fruits And Plains
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Author : Philip J. Pauly
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2007
Fruits And Plains written by Philip J. Pauly and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The engineering of plants has a long history on this continent. Fields, forests, orchards, and prairies are the result of repeated campaigns by amateurs, tradesmen, and scientists to introduce desirable plants, both American and foreign, while preventing growth of alien riff-raff. These horticulturists coaxed plants along in new environments and, through grafting and hybridizing, created new varieties. Over the last 250 years, their activities transformed the American landscape. "Horticulture" may bring to mind white-glove garden clubs and genteel lectures about growing better roses. But Philip J. Pauly wants us to think of horticulturalists as pioneer "biotechnologists," hacking their plants to create a landscape that reflects their ambitions and ideals. Those standards have shaped the look of suburban neighborhoods, city parks, and the "native" produce available in our supermarkets. In telling the histories of Concord grapes and Japanese cherry trees, the problem of the prairie and the war on the Medfly, Pauly hopes to provide a new understanding of not only how horticulture shaped the vegetation around us, but how it influenced our experiences of the native, the naturalized, and the alien--and how better to manage the landscapes around us.
Annual Report Of The Board Of Commissioners Of The Central Park
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Author : New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
Annual Report Of The Board Of Commissioners Of The Central Park written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with Central Park (New York, N.Y.) categories.
Before Central Park
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Author : Sara Cedar Miller
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-28
Before Central Park written by Sara Cedar Miller and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-28 with History categories.
Winner - 2023 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize, UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes With more than eight hundred sprawling green acres in the middle of one of the world’s densest cities, Central Park is an urban masterpiece. Designed in the middle of the nineteenth century by the landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it is a model for city parks worldwide. But before it became Central Park, the land was the site of farms, businesses, churches, wars, and burial grounds—and home to many different kinds of New Yorkers. This book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America’s first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history. She tells the stories of Indigenous hunters, enslaved people and enslavers, American patriots and British loyalists, the Black landowners of Seneca Village, Irish pig farmers, tavern owners, Catholic sisters, Jewish protesters, and more. Miller unveils a British fortification and camp during the Revolutionary War, a suburban retreat from the yellow fever epidemics at the turn of the nineteenth century, and the properties that a group of free Black Americans used to secure their right to vote. Tales of political chicanery, real estate speculation, cons, and scams stand alongside democratic idealism, the striving of immigrants, and powerfully human lives. Before Central Park shows how much of the history of early America is still etched upon the landscapes of Central Park today.
The Bridges Of Central Park
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Author : Jennifer C. Spiegler
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2006
The Bridges Of Central Park written by Jennifer C. Spiegler and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The bridges of Central Park are whimsically elegant and practical in their efficiency. Straddling great rock formations, roads, bridle trails, footpaths, and waterways, more than 50 ornate bridges and arches enable over 60 miles of pathways to fit neatly within a 1.3-square-mile recreational space on Manhattan Island. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's competition-winning Greensward Plan of 1857 enabled Central Park to become the first landscaped public urban park in America. Architects Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould designed the bridges, including some of America's oldest cast-iron spans. These graceful structures provide breathtaking vistas and unique venues for visitors and artisans alike. Standing inconspicuously in most cases and with bold pronouncement in others, they are thoughtfully placed to assure a timeless beauty and ongoing utility. Built at great expense and well integrated with the surrounding natural and engineered terrain, park bridges continue to circulate horseback riders, pedestrians, and horse-drawn carriages effortlessly through the man-made haven. The Bridges of Central Park celebrates the beauty and dimension of these structures, which provide relief for crowded paths and are frequently subjects of the photographer's eye.
Catalogue Of The New York State Library 1861 General Library First Supplement
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Author : New York State Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
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African Or American
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Author : Leslie M. Alexander
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2012
African Or American written by Leslie M. Alexander and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The struggle for black identity in antebellum New York
A Dictionary Of Books Relating To America
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Author : Joseph Sabin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
A Dictionary Of Books Relating To America written by Joseph Sabin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with America categories.
Bibliotheca Americana
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Author : Joseph Sabin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
Bibliotheca Americana written by Joseph Sabin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with America categories.