John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner : R. Bruce Stephenson. txt
United States of America : Library of American Landscape History , 2015Descripción: xii, 294 p. ill. (some col), maps (some col) ; 27 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- HT167 S74 2015
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John Nolen (1869--1937) was the first American to identify himself exclusively as a town and city planner. In 1903, at the age of thirty-four, he enrolled in the new Harvard University program in landscape architecture, studying under Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Arthur Shurcliff. Two years later, he opened his own office in Harvard Square.
Over the course of his career, Nolen and his firm completed more than four hundred projects, including comprehensive plans for more than twenty-five cities, across the United States. Like other progressive reformers of his era, Nolen looked to Europe for models to structure the rapid urbanization defining modern life into more efficient and livable form. His books, including New Towns for Old: Achievements in Civic Improvement in Some American Small Towns and Neighborhoods, promoted the new practice of city planning and were widely influential.
In this insightful biography, R. Bruce Stephenson analyzes the details of Nolen's many experiments, illuminating the planning principles he used in laying out communities from Mariemont, Ohio, to Venice, Florida. Stephenson concludes by discussing the potential of Nolen's work as a model of a sustainable vision relevant to American civic culture today.
Includes Index.
Contents:
Preface by Robin Karson ix --
Acknowledgments xi --
Introduction 3 --
1. The Rise of an Urban Reformer, 1869 - 1902 7 --
2. Landscape Architect 1902 - 1905 31 --
3. Charlotte, Letchworth and Savannah 1905 - 1907 47 --
4. City Planner 1907 - 1908 69 --
5. City Planning in America and Europe 1908 - 1911 93 --
6. Model Suburbs and Industrial Villages 1909 - 1918 117 --
7. Kingsport and Mariemont 1919 - 1926 149 --
8. Florida 1922 - 1931 173 --
9. The Dean of American City Planning 1931 - 1937 207 --
Epilogue 231 --
Notes 235 --
Index 273 --
Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics
- Preface(p. ix)
- Acknowledgments(p. xi)
- Introduction(p. 3)
- 1 The Rise of an Urban Reformer, 1869-1902(p. 7)
- 2 Landscape Architect, 1902-1905(p. 31)
- 3 Charlotte, Letchworth, and Savannah, 1905-1907(p. 47)
- 4 City Planner, 1907-1908(p. 69)
- 5 City Planning in America and Europe, 1908-1911(p. 93)
- 6 Model Suburbs and Industrial Villages, 1909-1918(p. 117)
- 7 Kingsport and Mariemont, 1919-1926(p. 149)
- 8 Florida, 1922-1931(p. 173)
- 9 The Dean of American City Planning, 1931-1937(p. 207)
- Epilogue(p. 231)
- Notes(p. 235)
- Index(p. 273)
Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
R. Bruce Stephenson is director of the department of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Urbanism at Rollins College and author of Visions of Eden: Environmentalism and Urban Planning in St. Petersburg, Florida.