Writings on public parks, parkways, and park systems / Charles E. Beveridge, Carolyn F. Hoffman, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.

Contributor:

Beveridge, Charles E.

Hoffman, Carolyn F.

Series:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Supplementary series ; Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. v. 1.

The papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Supplementary series ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parks--United States--History--Sources.

Parks.

Parks--History--Sources.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 643 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Contents:

The first response to a public park: "The people's park at Birkenhead, near Liverpool," May 1851

A classic park plan: "Preliminary report to the Commissioners for laying out a park in Brooklyn, New York," January 24, 1866

The concept of the "park way": "Report to the Brooklyn Park Commission," January 1, 1868

The psychological effect of park scenery: "Address to the Prospect Park Scientific Association," May 1868

The first park system of Olmsted, Vaux & Co.: To William Edward Dorsheimer, October 1, 1868

Parks and city planning: "Public parks and the enlargement of towns," February 25, 1870

Landscape themes for a park in Chicago: "Report accompanying plan for laying out the South Park," March 1871

Protection of the Greensward plan for Central Park: "A review of recent changes, and changes which have been projected, in the plans of the Central Park," January and February 1872

The policing of urban parks: "General order for the organization and routine of duty of the keepers' service of the Central Park," March 31, 1873

Parks in Europe and America: "Park" from the American cyclopedia 1875

The special characteristics of a park: "Considerations of the justifying value of a public park," January 28, 1881

Planning a park on a mountain site: "Mount Royal, Montreal," 1881

An island park and the structures appropriate to it: "Belle Isle: after one year," June 1884

Planning urban waterways as public open space: "Paper on the Back Bay problem and its solution," April 3, 1886

A "country park" for a New England setting: "Notes on the plan of Franklin Park and related matters," 1886

Preservation of natural scenery: "General plan for the improvement of the Niagara Reservation," 1887

Designing a second park for a city's recreation system: "Plan for a public park on the flats south of Buffalo," October 1, 1888

A last attempt to define the purpose of parks: To Joseph Thomas Carew, January 30, 1874

Appendix: List of textual alterations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Writings on public parks, parkways, and park systems.

ISBN:

0801855322

9780801855320

OCLC:

37732344