Civilizing American cities : writings on city landscapes
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Civilizing American cities : writings on city landscapes
Da Capo Press, 1997
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Available at 11 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1971
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) designed New York City's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Chicago's South Park and Jackson Park, Montreal's Mount Royal Park, the park systems of Boston and Buffalo, and many others. But Olmsted also designed parkways and neighbourhoods, reshaping cities around their parks. He thus reinvented the American urban landscape as a democratic outdoor setting that encouraged a new kind of participation in city life. Olmsted was one of the most gifted of American writers of his generation: prior to designing Central Park, he had written five important books, including The Cotton Kingdom (an account of his travels in the slave states), and his writings on American landscapes are unfailingly lively, eloquent, and passionate. Civilizing American Cities collects Olmsted's plans for New York, San Francisco, Buffalo, Montreal, Chicago, and Boston his suburban plans for Berkeley, California and Riverside, Illinois and a generous helping of his writings on urban landscape in general. These selections, expertly edited and introduced, are not only enjoyable but essential reading for anyone interested in the history,and the future,of America's cities.
Table of Contents
* Introduction by S. B. Sutton Expanding Cities: Random versus Organized Growth * The Structure of Cities: A Historical View * The Misfortunes of New York * Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns City Parks and Improved Use of Metropolitan Spaces * San Francisco, 1866: A City in Search of Identity * Buffalo: A Lakeshore Park and Pleasing Parkways * Chicago: Taming the Waterfront * Montreal: A Mountaintop Park and Some Thoughts on Art and Nature * Boston: Parks and Parkwaysa Green Ribbon Suburban Solutions * Berkeley: A University Community * Riverside, Illinois: A Planned Community near Chicago
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