| Description |
342 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-331) and index. |
| Summary |
"The year 2022 will mark the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted; a national celebration is being planned by several organizations. This book celebrates 200 of the more than 6,000 landscapes that he and his successors created, many of which are extant, kept up, open to the public, and beloved as major cultural sites. Olmsted designed many of America's most beloved parks and landscapes during his remarkable 40-year career, including New York's Central and Prospect Parks; the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC; and the US Capitol grounds. His full portfolio spans urban park systems, scenic reservations, national and state parks, planned communities, institutional grounds, and academic campuses. These span 45 states and Canada, and this book celebrates 200 of the most significant with short essays and photos (contemporary as well as archival)"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Alabama. Birmingham City Parks Plan ; Alabama Educational Institutions ; University of North Alabama, Florence ; Huntingdon College, Montgomery -- California. California State Park System ; Yosemite National Park and Mariposa Grove ; Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland ; Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto ; St. Francis Wood, San Francisco ; Palos Verdes Syndicate, Palos Verdes ; Palos Verdes Parkway, Los Angeles -- Colorado. Boulder Park System ; Denver Park and Parkway System ; Denver Mountain Parks System -- Connecticut. Beardsley Park, Bridgeport ; Hartford Parks System ; Goodwin Park, Hartford ; Keney Park, Hartford ; Pope Park, Hartford ; Bushnell Park and Connecticut State Capitol Grounds, Hartford ; Walnut Hill Park, New Britain ; Waveny Park, New Canaan ; Hillside Cemetery, Torrington -- District of Columbia. United States Capitol Grounds ; White House Grounds (President's Park) ; Rock Creek Park ; McMillan Plan ; Thomas Jefferson Memorial ; Lincoln Memorial Grounds ; Washington Monument ; Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial ; National Cathedral Grounds -- Delaware. Brandywine Park, Wilmington ; Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington -- Florida. Memorial Park, Jacksonville ; Mountain Lake, Lake Wales ; Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales ; Pinewood Estate, Lake Wales -- Georgia. Druid Hills, Atlanta ; Grant Park, Atlanta ; Piedmont Park, Atlanta ; Bradley Olmsted Garden, Columbus -- Idaho. University of Idaho, Moscow -- Illinois. South Park System, Chicago ; Riverside Community, Riverside -- Indiana. Indiana University, Bloomington ; Oldfields, Indianapolis -- Kentucky. Bernheim Arboretum, Clermont ; Kentucky State Capitol Grounds, Frankfort ; Ashland Park, Lexington ; Parks and Parkways System, Louisville ; University of Louisville -- Louisiana. Audubon Park, New Orleans ; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge -- Maine. Acadia National Park, Mount Desert ; Maine State Capitol Grounds, Augusta ; University of Maine, Orono ; Portland Parks, Eastern and Western Promenades -- |
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Maryland. Parks and Parkways System, Baltimore ; Roland Park, Baltimore ; Sudbrook Park, Baltimore County ; Guilford Park, Baltimore ; Homeland Park, Baltimore ; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore -- Massachusetts. Metropolitan Park Commission, Boston ; World's End, Hingham ; Amherst College, Amherst ; Phillips Academy, Andover ; Moraine Farm, Beverly ; Emerald Necklace Park System, Boston ; Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Fairsted), Brookline ; Harvard University, Cambridge ; Middlesex School, Concord ; Parks of Fall River ; Newton City Hall ; North Easton Town Complex ; Stonehurst, Waltham ; Williams College, Williamstown -- Michigan. Belle Isle Park, Detroit ; Barton Hills, Ann Arbor ; Washtenong Cemetery, Ann Arbor -- Mississippi. Alcorn State University, Alcorn ; University of Mississippi, Oxford -- Missouri. Liberty Memorial, Kansas City -- New Hampshire. Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter ; Swasey Parkway, Exeter -- New Jersey. Essex County Park System ; Branch Brook Park, Newark ; Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange-Verona-Montclair ; South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood-Millbum-West Orange ; Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville ; Cadwalader Park and Cadwalader Heights, Trenton ; Union County Park System ; Warinanco Park, Elizabeth ; Echo Lake Park, Mountainside ; Rahway River Parks, Rahway ; Watchung Reservation, Mountainside -- New York. Buffalo Park and Parkway System ; Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls ; Brooklyn Park and Parkway System ; Prospect Park, Brooklyn ; Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn ; Ocean and Eastern Parkways, Brooklyn ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn ; Central Park, Manhattan ; Morningside Park, Manhattan ; Riverside Park, Manhattan ; Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan ; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens ; Gold Coast Estates, North Shore of Long Island ; Rochester Parks System ; Highland Park, Rochester ; Genesee Valley Park, Rochester ; Seneca Park, Rochester ; Thompson Park, Watertown -- North Carolina. Biltmore, Asheville ; Duke University, Durham ; Village of Pinehurst ; Capitol Square, Raleigh -- Ohio. Fine Arts Garden, Cleveland Museum of Art ; NCR Projects, Dayton ; Denison University, Granville -- Oregon. Elk Rock Garden at the Bishop's Close, Portland ; Portland Park System ; Terwilliger Parkway, Portland -- |
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Pennsylvania. FDR Park, Philadelphia ; Vandergrift Town Plan ; Stoneleigh, Villanova ; Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre -- Rhode Island. Newport City Plan ; Newport Estates, Newport ; Blackstone Boulevard, Providence -- South Carolina. Yeamans Hall Club, North Charleston -- Tennessee. Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, Gatlinburg ; Woodmont Estates, Nashville ; Fisk University, Nashville -- Utah. Utah State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City -- Vermont. Shelburne Farms, Burlington -- Virginia. Masonic Memorial to George Washington, Alexandria -- Washington. Thornewood, American Lake ; Washington State Capitol, Olympia ; Dunn Gardens, Seattle ; Seattle Parks and Boulevard System ; Seward Park, Seattle ; Volunteer Park, Seattle ; Lake Washington Boulevard, Seattle ; Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle ; University of Washington, Seattle ; Park System of Spokane -- Wisconsin. Town of Kohler ; Washington Park, Milwaukee ; Lake Park, Milwaukee -- Canada. Capilano Estates, Vancouver ; The Uplands, Victoria ; Mount Royal, Montreal -- Olmsted Firms -- Selected Biographies of Principals and Members of Olmsted Firms. |
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
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Landscape architecture -- United States -- History.
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Landscape architects -- United States -- Biography.
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. (OCoLC)fst00030137
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Landscape architects. (OCoLC)fst00991793
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Landscape architecture. (OCoLC)fst00991814
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Birnbaum, Charles A.
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Levee, Arleyn A.
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Tasse-Winter, Dena
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| Added Title |
Enduring legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted's North American landscapes |
| ISBN |
9781643260365 (hardcover) |
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1643260367 (hardcover) |
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