| Description |
xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Planning and cities
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 175-176) and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
The historic context of environment. Contrasting designs ; An aristocratic designer: Richard Morris Hunt ; A democratic planner: Frederick Law Olmsted -- Social and physical principles. Social architecture ; The challenge of the city ; An organic society ; Education and recreation ; A national perspective ; A cooperative design process -- Environmental planning and design. Urban open spaces ; Planned communities: suburbs ; Campus plans ; "National" parks: Yosemite -- The politics of design. A successful campaign: Niagara Falls ; A major defeat: parks and politics -- Old principles - new designs. Ecology reaffirmed ; Scientific forestry: Biltmore ; A new utopia ; A new campus form ; "The white city" -- Postscript -- Sources of quotations in the captions -- Brief chronology of the life of Frederick Law Olmsted -- A chronological selection of Frederick Law Olmsted's works -- Selected list of writings of Frederick Law Olmsted. |
| Subject |
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
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Architecture and society.
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Urban beautification.
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| ISBN |
0807606502 |
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9780807606506 |
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0807606499 paperback |
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9780807606490 paperback |
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