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Author Tate, Alan, 1951-

Title Great city parks / Alan Tate
Published London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), plans
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of drawings; Acknowledgements; Preface; INTRODUCTION; 1 PALEY PARK, NEW YORK; 2 VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE PARK, TORONTO; 3 FREEWAY PARK, SEATTLE; 4 BRYANT PARK, NEW YORK; 5 THE HIGH LINE, NEW YORK; 6 PARC DE BERCY, PARIS; 7 WESTERGASFABRIEK, AMSTERDAM; 8 PARC ANDRÉ-CITROËN, PARIS; 9 PARK GÜELL, BARCELONA; 10 PARC DES BUTTES-CHAUMONT, PARIS; 11 ST JAMES'S PARK, LONDON; 12 PARQUE DE MARIA LUISA, SEVILLE; 13 LUISENPARK, MANNHEIM; 14 VONDELPARK, AMSTERDAM; 15 PARC DE LA VILLETTE, PARIS; 16 BIRKENHEAD PARK, MERSEYSIDE
17 QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK, LONDON18 GRANT PARK, CHICAGO; 19 THE REGENT'S PARK, LONDON; 20 STADTPARK, HAMBURG; 21 LANDSCHAFTSPARK DUISBURG-NORD; 22 GROßER TIERGARTEN, BERLIN; 23 PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; 24 CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK; 25 STANLEY PARK, VANCOUVER; 26 GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO; 27 EMERALD NECKLACE, BOSTON; 28 FOREST PARK, ST LOUIS; 29 AMSTERDAMSE BOS; 30 MINNEAPOLIS PARK SYSTEM; REFLECTIONS; Appendix: List of parks by date construction to current design commenced; Bibliography; Image Credits; Index
Summary 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 a
Notes Originally published: 2001
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index
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Subject Urban parks -- Europe, Western
Urban parks -- North America
Landscape architecture -- Europe, Western
Landscape architecture -- North America
ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape.
GARDENING -- Garden Design.
GARDENING -- Landscape.
Landscape architecture
Urban parks
Western Europe
North America
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317612988
1317612981