Eden by Design : The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region Paperback / softback
by Greg Hise, William F. Deverell
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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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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:323 pages, 53 b-w photographs, 35 maps and plans
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:07/06/2000
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- ISBN:9780520224155
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:323 pages, 53 b-w photographs, 35 maps and plans
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:07/06/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520224155