Pleasure Drives and Promenades - The History of Frederick Law Olmsted's Brooklyn Parkways

Zusammenfassung In the late 1860s and early 1870s! the local government of rapidly growing Brooklyn built Prospect Park! a large public park on its outskirts. Featuring contemporary architectural drawings and period illustrations! this book charts the inception and early implementation of their plan as well as its lasting influence on the urban landscape.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Macdonald, Elizabeth MacDonald
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.12.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9781935195375
• ISBN: 978-1-935195-37-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture