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

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9781933245560: Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City

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.

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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.

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