Brackenridge - San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park

The comprehensive history of one of the nation’s foremost city parks

List of contents

Contents:Foreword, by Charles A. Birnbaum
Introduction

1) The First Twelve Thousand Years

• Riverside Haven
• Water and Stone for a Spanish Outpost
• A Confederate Industrial Zone
• Turbines and Kilns
• The Jockey Club and the International Fair

2) Brackenridge Park Takes Shape

• San Antonio Gets a Driving Park
• A Pivotal Year
• The Japanese Tea Garden
• 0Ray Lambert’s Park

3) The Modern Park

• The New Deal
• Adrift
• Renewal
• Miraflores
• A Sustainable Park

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Credits

About the author

Charles A. Birnbaum is the president and CEO of the Cultural Landscape Foundation and has been an adviser to the Brackenridge Park Conservancy since 2016.

Summary

The comprehensive history of one of the nation’s foremost city parks

Product details

• Authors: Lewis F. Fisher
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.09.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9781595349668
• ISBN: 978-1-59534-966-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Illustrations: black and white and color photos throughout the book, Karten
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Illustrated books; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds, ART / Environmental & Land Art, GARDENING / Regional / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)