The Grid and the River - Philadelphia’s Green Places, 1682–1876

A collection of essays examining how patterns of use and attitudes to green spaces within William Penn's Philadelphia city plan and along the Schuylkill River informed notions of place, from the city's founding to the formation of the Fairmount Park system in the mid-nineteenth century.

About the author

Elizabeth Milroy is Professor and Department Head of Art and Art History in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University.

Summary

A collection of essays examining how patterns of use and attitudes to green spaces within William Penn’s Philadelphia city plan and along the Schuylkill River informed notions of place, from the city's founding to the formation of the Fairmount Park system in the mid-nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Milroy, Elizabeth (Professor and Department Head of Art & Art History Milroy, Professor and Department Head of Art & Art History Elizabeth (Philadelphia Museum of Art **as of 9/1/15 at Drexel University**) Milroy, Milroy Elizabeth
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2016
• EAN: 9780271066769
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06676-9
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 279 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 2087 g
• Illustrations: Raster, duotone
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Regional, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), History of Architecture, History of the Americas, Landscape architecture and design, American Civil War