{"product_id":"frederick-law-olmsted-9781421410869","title":"Frederick Law Olmsted","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis gorgeous book will appeal to landscape professionals, park administrators, historians, architects, city planners, and students-and it is a perfect gift for Olmsted aficionados throughout North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone interested in the fields of landscape design would surely want this book as a reference or simply as a celebration of the first and foremost American landscape architect. Garden Design Online Peer into the mind of the nation's most prolific park maker with this book, which showcases more than 70 public spaces designed by Frederick Law Olmsted... Plans and Views of Public Parks is a visual compendium of Olmsted's work, taking readers on a visual tour through some of America's most significant public landscapes. -- Eryn Carlson Boston Globe Enlightening and lavishly illustrated... Whether your interest is in Olmsted and his work, landscape architecture in general, the development of nature-based recreation, or American history, Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks can provide a substantial expansion and deepening of your thoughts in your area of interest, as well as help connect it to other related (and perhaps even previously unconsidered) areas of study. Well-read Naturalist A welcome addition to Olmsted scholarship and an excellent companion to the series documenting his extensive papers. Library Journal [ Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks] is a treasure trove of visual materials, with surprises for even the Olmstedian aficionado. Landscape Architecture Magazine Beveridge, the preeminent Olmsted scholar... gathers in a sumptuous, gorgeous volume of the designs that defined what made many American cities great, and livable. Harvard Magazine These visual documents will generate historical evidence and interpretive questions alike, surely the mark of an important contribution. New England Quarterly Had Olmsted never existed, someone else surely would have applied the moral force of this ethic to landscape design, making parks the vehicle of social reform. But it is inconceivable that anyone else would have had the same deep cistern of human sympathy to drawn on. First Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. New York City, New York\u003cbr\u003eCentral Park\u003cbr\u003eTompkins Square\u003cbr\u003eUnion Square\u003cbr\u003eRiverside Park\u003cbr\u003eMorningside Park\u003cbr\u003e2. San Francisco, California\u003cbr\u003ePleasure Grounds System\u003cbr\u003e3. Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove, California\u003cbr\u003eReservation\u003cbr\u003e4. Brooklyn, New York\u003cbr\u003eProspect Park\u003cbr\u003eFort Greene Park\u003cbr\u003eTompkins Park\u003cbr\u003eBrooklyn Parkways\u003cbr\u003e5. Bridgeport, Connecticut\u003cbr\u003eSeaside Park\u003cbr\u003eBeardsley Park\u003cbr\u003e6. Newark, New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eProposed Park\u003cbr\u003e7. Albany, New York\u003cbr\u003eProposed Park System\u003cbr\u003e8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003eFairmount Park\u003cbr\u003e9. New Britain, Connecticut\u003cbr\u003eWalnut Hill Park\u003cbr\u003e10. Buffalo, New York\u003cbr\u003ePark System, 1870s\u003cbr\u003eParkways\u003cbr\u003eNiagara Square\u003cbr\u003eThe Park (Delaware Park)\u003cbr\u003eThe Front\u003cbr\u003eThe Parade\u003cbr\u003eLater Extensions and Alterations\u003cbr\u003eSouth Park, 1888 (Proposed)\u003cbr\u003eSouthside Park System, 1890s\u003cbr\u003e11. Fall River, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003eSouth Park\u003cbr\u003e12. Hartford, Connecticut\u003cbr\u003eSystem of Public Grounds\u003cbr\u003e13. Chicago, Illinois\u003cbr\u003eSouth Park- The Era of 1871-1893\u003cbr\u003eThe World's Columbian Exposition of 1893- The Lagoon and Wooded Island\u003cbr\u003ePost-Exposition Redesign and Construction of Jackson Park\u003cbr\u003eWashington Park, Post-1893\u003cbr\u003eThe Midway Plaisance\u003cbr\u003eBoulevards\u003cbr\u003e14. Amherst, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003eTown Common\u003cbr\u003e15. Baltimore, Maryland\u003cbr\u003eMount Vernon Square\u003cbr\u003e16. Montreal, Quebec\u003cbr\u003eMount Royal\u003cbr\u003e17. Detroit, Michigan\u003cbr\u003eBelle Isle\u003cbr\u003e18. North Easton, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003eMemorial Cairn\u003cbr\u003e19. Boston, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003eThe Park System\u003cbr\u003eCommonwealth Avenue\u003cbr\u003eThe Back Bay Fens\u003cbr\u003eMuddy River Sanitary Improvement, Brookline and Boston\u003cbr\u003eOlmstead Park, Boston and Brookline\u003cbr\u003eJamaica Pond and Environs, Boston\u003cbr\u003eThe Arborway\u003cbr\u003eThe Arnold Arboretum\u003cbr\u003eFranklin Park\u003cbr\u003eFranklin Field\u003cbr\u003eParkways from Franklin Park to Marine Park\u003cbr\u003eMarine Park\u003cbr\u003eBoston Harbor Islands Proposal\u003cbr\u003eCharlesbank\u003cbr\u003eWood Island Park\u003cbr\u003eCharlestown Heights\u003cbr\u003eCharlestown Playground\u003cbr\u003e20. New London, Connecticut\u003cbr\u003eMemorial Park\u003cbr\u003e21. St. Catharine's, Ontario\u003cbr\u003eMontebello Park\u003cbr\u003e22. Niagara Falls, New York\u003cbr\u003eNiagara Reservation\u003cbr\u003e23. Pawtucket, Rhode Island\u003cbr\u003ePublic Recreation Grounds (Proposed)\u003cbr\u003e24. Wilmington, Delaware\u003cbr\u003eKentmere Parkway\u003cbr\u003e25. Trenton, New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eCadwalader Park\u003cbr\u003e26. Rochester, New York\u003cbr\u003ePark System\u003cbr\u003eGenesse Valley Park\u003cbr\u003eHighland Park\u003cbr\u003eSeneca Park\u003cbr\u003e27. Louisville, Kentucky\u003cbr\u003ePark System\u003cbr\u003eCherokee Park\u003cbr\u003eIroquois Park\u003cbr\u003eShawnee Park\u003cbr\u003eLouisville Parkways\u003cbr\u003eLouisville Squares and Places\u003cbr\u003e28. Kansas City, Missouri\u003cbr\u003eEleventh Street Parkway and Park System (Proposed)\u003cbr\u003eMilwaukee, Wisconsin\u003cbr\u003ePark System\u003cbr\u003eWest Park\u003cbr\u003eRiver Park\u003cbr\u003eLake Park\u003cbr\u003e30. Newburgh, New York\u003cbr\u003eDowning Park\u003cbr\u003e31. Newport, Rhode Island\u003cbr\u003eMorton Park\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529527632215,"sku":"9781421410869","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421410869.jpg?v=1731875964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/frederick-law-olmsted-9781421410869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}