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Park Maker
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Author : Elizabeth Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-17
Park Maker written by Elizabeth Stevenson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On April 28, 1858, municipal officials announced the winner of the design contest for a great new park for the people of New York City--Plan no. 33, "Greensward" by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Though the appropriated ground for what was to become Central Park was nothing more than a barren expanse occupied by squatters, in a matter of a few years, Olmsted turned the wasteland into a landscape of coherence, elegance, and beauty. It not only surpassed the design ingenuity of its existing European counterparts but gained the designer national acclaim in a profession that still lacked a name. Olmsted was an American visionary. He foresaw the day when New York and many other growing cities of the mid-nineteenth century would be plagued by what we presently term "urban sprawl." And he was convinced of the critical importance of adapting land for the recreational and contemplative needs of city dwellers before the last remnants of natural terrain were engulfed by "monotonous, straight streets and piles of erect, angular buildings." As a result of his early efforts to revolutionize the design of public parks, many cities today are able to preserve the recreational space and greenery within their urban limits. In addition, his thoughts and words on wilderness areas still echo across a century of preservation in the wild. This lively and insightful account of his prodigious life features many of his outstanding landscape projects, including the Biltmore Estate, Prospect Park (Brooklyn), the capitol grounds in Washington, DC, the Boston Park System, the Chicago parks and the Chicago World Fair, as well as measures to preserve the natural settings at Niagara Falls, Yosemite, and the Adirondacks. It traces his early years and describes events that were to form his artistic, intellectual, and deeply humanistic sensibilities. And it restores this lost American hero to his prominent place in history. In addition to being the acknowledged father of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted helped shape the political and philosophical climate of America in his own time and today. Elizabeth Stevenson is the author of the Bancroft Award-winning Henry Adams: A Biography; The Glass Lark, a biography of Lafcadio Hearn; and Babbitts and Bohemians: From the Great War to the Great Depression, all available from Transaction.
Jens Jensen
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Author : Robert E. Grese
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1992
Jens Jensen written by Robert E. Grese and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.
Jens Jensen was one of America's greatest landscape designers and conservationists. Using native plants and "fitting" designs, he advocated that our gardens, parks, roads, playgrounds, and cities should be harmonious with nature and its ecological processes--a belief that was to become a major theme of modern American landscape design. When Jensen died in 1951 at the age of 90, the New York Times called him "the dean of American landscape architecture." In Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens, Robert E. Grese evaluates Jensen's work against the background of landscape design traditions that included Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmsted, as well as earlier movements in Europe. Grese examines Jensen's part in the Chicago cultural renaissance that occurred just prior to World War I, a movement that brought social reform, a new understanding of ecology, organic trends in architecture, and great strides in American literature. Drawing on Jensen's writings and plans, interviews with people who knew him, and analyses of his projects, Grese presents a clear picture of Jensen's efforts to enhance and preserve "native" landscapes. Jens Jensen worked with some of the leading architects of his day--Sullivan and Wright among them--so many of his projects involved the extravagant estates of wealthy entrepreneurs in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and elsewhere. But Jensen also worked on schools, parks, playgrounds, hospitals, institutional homes, and government buildings. Long before environmental activists took over the idea, he foresaw the need to preserve the dunes, forests, prairies, and wetlands native to the Middle West. He championed the network of forest preserves around Chicago, protection of the Indiana Dunes (now a national lakeshore), the state park system in Illinois, and numerous parks in Wisconsin. Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens offers a compelling look at Jensen's visionary work and remarkable career.
National Parks
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Author : Alfred Runte
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-12-15
National Parks written by Alfred Runte and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-15 with Nature categories.
Revised with a new epilogue, “We the People,” this fifth edition of National Parks: TheAmerican Experience continues the highly engaging story of how Americans invented and expanded the concept of national parks. A prominent adviser to the Ken Burns Emmy Award-winning documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," Alfred Runte is renowned as the nation's leading historian on the meaning and management of these treasured lands. Further supported with period photographs and now twelve pages of color paintings, National Parks remains a stirring look into the lands that define America, from Yosemite and Yellowstone to wilderness Alaska. This is how we got our parks, and looking to the future, the challenges that remain in preserving them. Are “we the people” still up to the task? Yes, this history advises, but only if we consistently cherish the national unity that our commitment to the parks further demands.
Park Maker
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Author : Elizabeth Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Pub
Release Date : 1977
Park Maker written by Elizabeth Stevenson and has been published by Transaction Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Architecture categories.
"This account of his prodigious life features many of his outstanding landscape projects, including the Biltmore Estate, Prospect Park (Brooklyn), the capitol grounds in Washington, DC, the Boston Park System, the Chicago parks and the Chicago World Fair, as well as measures to preserve the natural settings at Niagara Falls, Yosemite, and the Adirondacks. It traces his early years and describes events that were to form his artistic, intellectual, and deeply humanistic sensibilities. And it restores this lost American hero to his prominent place in history. In addition to being the acknowledged father of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted helped shape the political and philosophical climate of America in his own time and today."--BOOK JACKET.
Staffordshire General Commercial Directory Presenting An Alphabetical Arrangement Of The Names And Residences Of The Nobility Gentry Merchants And Inhabitants In General
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1818
Staffordshire General Commercial Directory Presenting An Alphabetical Arrangement Of The Names And Residences Of The Nobility Gentry Merchants And Inhabitants In General written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1818 with Staffordshire (England) categories.
Kelly S Directory Of Berkshire Bucks And Oxon
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Author : Kelly's directories, ltd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Kelly S Directory Of Berkshire Bucks And Oxon written by Kelly's directories, ltd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with categories.
History Gazetteer And Directory Of Lincolnshire And The City Diocese Of Lincoln
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Author : William White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
History Gazetteer And Directory Of Lincolnshire And The City Diocese Of Lincoln written by William White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with categories.
Timber And Wood Working Machinery
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Timber And Wood Working Machinery written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with categories.
The Worcester Almanac Directory And Business Advertiser
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
The Worcester Almanac Directory And Business Advertiser written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Almanacs, American categories.
Park Maker A Live Of Frederick Law Olmsted
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Park Maker A Live Of Frederick Law Olmsted written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.