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A superb visual overview of the major public parks designed by the foremost landscape architect in American history.

Winner, John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize, Foundation for Landscape Architecture, FY16

Lavishly illustrated with over 470 images--129 of them in color--this book reveals Frederick Law Olmsted's design concepts for more than seventy public park projects through a rich collection of sketches, studies, lithographs, paintings, historical photographs, and comprehensive descriptions. Bringing together Olmsted's most significant parks, parkways, park systems, and scenic reservations, this gorgeous volume takes readers on a uniquely conceived tour of such notable landscapes as Central Park, Prospect Park, the Buffalo Park and Parkway System, Washington Park and Jackson Park in Chicago, Boston's "Emerald Necklace," and Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. No such guide to Olmsted's parks has ever been published.

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) planned many parks and park systems across the United States, leaving an enduring legacy of designed public space that is enjoyed and defended today. His public parks, the design of which he was most proud, have had a lasting effect on urban America.

This 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.

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• 0 Acknowledgment
• 0 Introduction
• 1 New York City, New York
• 0 Central Park
• 0 Tompkins Square
• 0 Union Square
• 0 Riverside Park
• 0 Morningside Park
• 2 San Francisco, California
• 0 Pleasure Grounds System
• 3 Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove, California
• 0 Reservation
• 4 Brooklyn, New York
• 0 Prospect Park
• 0 Fort Greene Park
• 0 Tompkins Park
• 0 Brooklyn Parkways
• 5 Bridgeport, Connecticut
• 0 Seaside Park
• 0 Beardsley Park
• 6 Newark, New Jersey
• 0 Proposed Park
• 7 Albany, New York
• 0 Proposed Park System
• 8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 0 Fairmount Park
• 9 New Britain, Connecticut
• 0 Walnut Hill Park
• 10 Buffalo, New York
• 0 Park System, 1870s
• 0 Parkways
• 0 Niagara Square
• 0 The\Park (Delaware Park)
• 0 The\Front
• 0 The\Parade
• 0 Later Extensions and Alterations
• 0 South Park, 1888 (Proposed)
• 0 Southside Park System, 1890s
• 11 Fall River, Massachusetts
• 0 South Park
• 12 Hartford, Connecticut
• 0 System of Public Grounds
• 13 Chicago, Illinois
• 0 South Park- The Era of 1871-1893
• 0 The\World's Columbian Exposition of 1893- The Lagoon and Wooded Island
• 0 Post-Exposition Redesign and Construction of Jackson Park
• 0 Washington Park, Post-1893
• 0 The\Midway Plaisance
• 0 Boulevards
• 14 Amherst, Massachusetts
• 0 Town Common
• 15 Baltimore, Maryland
• 0 Mount Vernon Square
• 16 Montreal, Quebec
• 0 Mount Royal
• 17 Detroit, Michigan
• 0 Belle Isle
• 18 North Easton, Massachusetts
• 0 Memorial Cairn
• 19 Boston, Massachusetts
• 0 The\Park System
• 0 Commonwealth Avenue
• 0 The\Back Bay Fens
• 0 Muddy River Sanitary Improvement, Brookline and Boston
• 0 Olmstead Park, Boston and Brookline
• 0 Jamaica Pond and Environs, Boston
• 0 The\Arborway
• 0 The\Arnold Arboretum
• 0 Franklin Park
• 0 Franklin Field
• 0 Parkways from Franklin Park to Marine Park
• 0 Marine Park
• 0 Boston Harbor Islands Proposal
• 0 Charlesbank
• 0 Wood Island Park
• 0 Charlestown Heights
• 0 Charlestown Playground
• 20 New London, Connecticut
• 0 Memorial Park
• 21 St. Catharine's, Ontario
• 0 Montebello Park
• 22 Niagara Falls, New York
• 0 Niagara Reservation
• 23 Pawtucket, Rhode Island
• 0 Public Recreation Grounds (Proposed)
• 24 Wilmington, Delaware
• 0 Kentmere Parkway
• 25 Trenton, New Jersey
• 0 Cadwalader Park
• 26 Rochester, New York
• 0 Park System
• 0 Genesse Valley Park
• 0 Highland Park
• 0 Seneca Park
• 27 Louisville, Kentucky
• 0 Park System
• 0 Cherokee Park
• 0 Iroquois Park
• 0 Shawnee Park
• 0 Louisville Parkways
• 0 Louisville Squares and Places
• 28 Kansas City, Missouri
• 0 Eleventh Street Parkway and Park System (Proposed)
• 0 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 0 Park System
• 0 West Park
• 0 River Park
• 0 Lake Park
• 30 Newburgh, New York
• 0 Downing Park
• 31 Newport, Rhode Island
• 0 Morton Park

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Library Journal Review

One of two illustrated volumes in the 12-volume series begun in 1972 documenting the writings of Frederick Law -Olmsted (1822-1903), the father of American landscape architecture, this volume focuses on his public parks. Series editor and Olmsted scholar -Beveridge has arranged, mostly in chronological order, large-scale reproductions of plans, sketches, prints, transcriptions of planting lists, and historic photographs before, during, and after construction of more than 70 parks. The reproductions are accompanied by short descriptions placing the park in the context of Olmsted's career; these include quotes about the project from his writings. Just as the series is significant for bringing together much of Olmsted's writing, this volume is meaningful for gathering most of the historical visual record of the parks. As a result, it would make a solid companion to any collection of works on Olmsted, not just holdings that have books in the series. However, this isn't a stand-alone volume, and those looking for a history of the artist's output or specific parks should also seek out the many offerings on these subjects. -VERDICT A welcome addition to Olmsted scholarship and an excellent companion to the series documenting his extensive papers.-Amy Trendler, Ball State Univ. Libs., Muncie, IN © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Charles E. Beveridge (ALEXANDRIA, VA) is the leading Olmsted authority in the country and the series editor of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted . Lauren Meier (BELMONT, MA) is a landscape preservationist and a coeditor of The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm, 1857-1979 . Irene Mills (SPRINGFIELD, VA) is a landscape designer. Beveridge, Meier, and Mills are the coeditors of Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Communities and Private Estates.