num_pages: 323
description: In 1930 the Olmsted Brothers and Harland Bartholomew &amp; Associates submitted a report, "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region," to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. After a day or two of coverage in the newspapers, the report dropped from sight. The plan set out a system of parks and parkways, children's playgrounds, and public beaches. It is a model of ambitious, intelligent, sensitive planning commissioned at a time when land was available, if only the city planners had had the fortitude and vision to act on its recommendations."Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches" has become a highly valued but difficult-to-find document. In this book, Greg Hise and William Deverell examine the reasons it was called for, analyze why it failed, and open a discussion about the future of urban public space. In addition to their introduction and a facsimile reproduction of the report, Eden by Design includes a dialogue between Hise, Deverell, and widely admired landscape architect Laurie Olin that illuminates the significance of the Olmsted-Bartholomew report and situates it in the history of American landscape planning.
language: English
title: Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
titlecomplete: Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
genres: Urbanism
ratings_count: 20
publisher: University of California Press