Eden by Design
Subtitle: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780520224148
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban & municipal planning; Urban communities; Regional Planning (Specific Aspects); Political Science; Architecture; Politics/International Relations; California; Planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; United States - State & Local - General; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; Public Policy - Regional Planning; Harland Bartholomew & Associates; History; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area; Olmsted Brothers; Regional planning
First sentence: ON MARCH 16, 1930, the Los Angeles Examiner and Los Angeles Times alerted readers to a "gigantic county park and beach plan" that the Chamber of Commerce had unveiled the previ evening -