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Book Synopsis"Frederick Law Olmsted (1822--1903) designed New York City's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Chicago's South Park and Jackson Park, Montreal's Mount Royal Park, the park systems of Boston and Bu"
Table of Contents* Introduction by S. B. Sutton Expanding Cities: Random versus Organized Growth * The Structure of Cities: A Historical View * The Misfortunes of New York * Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns City Parks and Improved Use of Metropolitan Spaces * San Francisco, 1866: A City in Search of Identity * Buffalo: A Lakeshore Park and Pleasing Parkways * Chicago: Taming the Waterfront * Montreal: A Mountaintop Park and Some Thoughts on Art and Nature * Boston: Parks and Parkwaysa Green Ribbon Suburban Solutions * Berkeley: A University Community * Riverside, Illinois: A Planned Community near Chicago