Title: Frederick Law Olmsted : essential texts /
Authors: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903; Twombly, Robert C.
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Olmsted, Frederick Law,; Landscape architecture; Landscape architects United States.
Abstract: "Often called the father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted was responsible for the design of Central Park and Prospect Park in NewYork City; Mount Royal Park in Montreal; the Belle Isle Park in Detroit; the Grand Necklace of Parks in Milwaukee; the Cherokee Park and entire parks system in Louisville, KY; and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to name a few of his most famous projects. His landscape works are enjoyed in 25 states and 3 Canadian provinces. Most of these parks were created during and immediately after the Civil War. This title presents the opportunity to witness the evolution of Olmstedrs's design and social philosophies during a time of upheaval in American history. Sixteen selections, dating from the 1850s to the 1890s, reveal Frederick Law Olmstedrs's youthful interests as well as his mature thinking on cities, small residential sites, the history and theory of urban parks, and landscape architecture in general. His writings directly addressed important issues of hisday, but they remain as cogent as ever in today's environmental crisis."--Pub. desc.
Contents: Youthful observations. The People's Park at Birkenhead (1851) -- The Phalanstery and the Phalansterians (1852) -- Small residential sites. Suburban home grounds (1871) -- Plan for a small homestead (1888) -- Terrace and veranda-back and front (1888) -- Cities. Chicago in distress (1871) -- The future of New-York (1879) -- "A healthy change in the tone of the human heart" (1886) -- Landscape gardening. On landscape gardening (1876) -- Landscape gardening (1877) -- The landscape architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) -- Park design : history and theory. Address to the Prospect Park Scientific Association (1868) -- Publics parks and the enlargement of towns (1870) -- Park (1875) -- A consideration of the justifying value of a public park (1881) -- Parks, parkways, and pleasure-grounds (1895).