Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City - Couverture souple

Ott, Jennifer; HistoryLink, Staff Of

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1933245565 ISBN 13 : 9781933245560

Editeur : Documentary Media LLC, 2019

Synopsis

In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle's city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to design a park and parkway system. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect, as the Olmsted Brothers were hired to design public and private landscapes throughout the region. The park system shaped Seattle's character and continues to play a key role in the city's livability today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jennifer Ott is a historian and assistant director of HistoryLink, the online encyclopedia of Washington state history. She is coauthor of Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City (HistoryLink, 2019) and Waterway: The Story of Seattle's Locks and Ship Canal (HistoryLink, 2017). She lives in Seattle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Documentary Media LLC
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1933245565
• ISBN 13: 9781933245560
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible