Great city parks
By: Alan Tate wwith Marcella Eaton
Contributors: Eaton, Marcella
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780415538022; 9780415538053
Subjects: Landscape architecture; Urban parks
Description: "Great City Parks is a celebration of some of the finest achievements of landscape architecture in the public realm. It is a comparative study of thirty significant public parks in major cities across Western Europe and North America. Collectively, they give a clear picture of why parks have been created, how they have been designed, how they are managed, and what plans are being made for them at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on unique research including extensive site visits and interviews with the managing organisations, this book is illustrated throughout with clear plans and photographs- with this new edition featuring full colour throughout. Tate updates his seminal 2001 work with 10 additional parks, including: The High Line in NYC, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam. All the previous city parks have also been updated and revised to reflect current usage and management. This book reflects a belief that well planned, well designed and well managed parks and park systems will continue to make major contributions to the quality of life in an increasingly urbanized world"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: Paley Park, New York; title: Village of Yorkville Park, Toronto; title: Freeway Park, Seattle; title: Bryant Park, New York; title: The High Line, New York; title: Parc de Bercy, Paris; title: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam; title: Parc André-Citroën, Paris; title: Park Güell, Barcelona; title: Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris; title: St James's Park, London; title: Parque de Maria Luisa, Seville; title: Luisenpark, Mannheim; title: Vondelpark, Amsterdam; title: Parc de la Villette, Paris; title: Birkenhead Park, Merseyside; title: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London; title: Grant Park, Chicago; title: The Regent's Park, London; title: Stadtpark, Hamburg; title: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord; title: Großer Tiergarten, Berlin; title: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York; title: Central Park, New York; title: Stanley Park, Vancouver; title: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; title: Emerald Necklace, Boston; title: Forest Park, St Louis; title: Amsteramse Bos; title: Minneapolis park system.