Related Books
Language: en
Pages: 376
Pages: 376
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Galen Cranz surveys the rise of the park system from 1850 to the present through 4 stages - the pleasure ground, the reform park, the recreation facility and th
Language: en
Pages: 118
Pages: 118
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher:
Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (1822-1903), renowned landscape architect and journalist, was also a political activist who saw urban parks as a way to facilitate so
Language: en
Pages: 32
Pages: 32
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-07 - Publisher: BIS Publishers
Many designs that appear in today's society will circulate and encounter audiences of many different cultures and languages. With communication comes responsibi
Language: en
Pages: 322
Pages: 322
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Explores the struggle to rebuild the site at Ground Zero, offering a social, political, cultural, and architectural history of the World Trade Center and the ar
Language: en
Pages: 201
Pages: 201
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-16 - Publisher: Island Press
For years American urban parks fell into decay due to disinvestment, but as cities began to rebound—and evidence of the economic, cultural, and health benefit