Plans and Views of Public Parks

Lavishly illustrated with over 470 images - 129 of them in color, this book reveals Frederick Law Olmsted's design concepts for more than seventy public park projects through a rich collection of sketches, studies, lithographs, paintings, historical photographs, and comprehensive descriptions. Bringing together Olmsted's most significant parks, parkways, park systems, and scenic reservations, this gorgeous volume takes readers on a uniquely conceived tour of such notable landscapes as Central Park, Prospect Park, the Buffalo Park and Parkway System, Washington Park and Jackson Park in Chicago, Boston's "Emerald Necklace," and Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. No such guide to Olmsted's parks has ever been published. Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) planned many parks and park systems across the United States, leaving an enduring legacy of designed public space that is enjoyed and defended today. His public parks, the design of which he was most proud, have had a lasting effect on urban America.This gorgeous book will appeal to landscape professionals, park administrators, historians, architects, city planners, and students-and it is a perfect gift for Olmsted aficionados throughout North America.

About the author

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is considered to be the father of landscape architecture. He was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.Charles E. Beveridge (ALEXANDRIA, VA) is the leading Olmsted authority in the country and the series editor of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted.Lauren Meier is a landscape preservationist and a coeditor of The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm, 1857–1979.Irene Mills is a landscape designer. Beveridge, Meier, and Mills are the coeditors of Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks.

Product details

• Authors: Charles E. Beveridge, Lauren Meier, Irene Mills, Frederick Law Olmsted
• Assisted by: Charles E Beveridge (Editor), Charles E. Beveridge (Editor), Charles E. (The Frederick Law Olmsted Papers) Beveridge (Editor), Lauren Meier (Editor), Lauren (Associate Editor Meier (Editor), Irene Mills (Editor), Irene (Assistant Editor Mills (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2015
• EAN: 9781421410869
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1086-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 300 mm x 290 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted; Papers of Frederick Law Olmste; The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted; Papers of Frederick Law Olmste
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture