Hise, G: Eden by Design The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
07.06.2000
Abbildungen
53 b/w photographs, 35 maps and plans
Herausgeber
Greg Hise + weitereVerlag
De Gruyter OldenbourgSeitenzahl
330
Maße (L/B/H)
23.3/15.4/2.2 cm
Gewicht
532 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-520-22415-5
In 1930 the Olmsted Brothers and Harland Bartholomew & Associates submitted a report, "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region," to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. After a day or two of coverage in the newspapers, the report dropped from sight. The plan set out a system of parks and parkways, children's playgrounds, and public beaches. It is a model of ambitious, intelligent, sensitive planning commissioned at a time when land was available, if only the city planners had had the fortitude and vision to act on its recommendations.
"Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches" has become a highly valued but difficult-to-find document. In this book, Greg Hise and William Deverell examine the reasons it was called for, analyze why it failed, and open a discussion about the future of urban public space. In addition to their introduction and a facsimile reproduction of the report, Eden by Design includes a dialogue between Hise, Deverell, and widely admired landscape architect Laurie Olin that illuminates the significance of the Olmsted-Bartholomew report and situates it in the history of American landscape planning.
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