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The Olmsted Parks of Louisville. A Botanical Field Guide.
Patricia Dalton Haragan
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Num Pages: 439 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GBC; PST; VS; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 875.
Frederick Law Olmsted, popularly known as the "Father of American Landscape Architecture," is famous for designing New York City's Central Park, the U.S. Capitol grounds, and the campuses of institutions such as Stanford University and the University of Chicago. His celebrated projects in Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and other cities led to a commission from the city of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1891. There, he partnered with community leaders to design a network of scenic parks, tree-lined parkways, elegant neighborhoods, and beautifully landscaped estate gardens that thousands of visitors still enjoy today.
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Frederick Law Olmsted, popularly known as the "Father of American Landscape Architecture," is famous for designing New York City's Central Park, the U.S. Capitol grounds, and the campuses of institutions such as Stanford University and the University of Chicago. His celebrated projects in Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and other cities led to a commission from the city of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1891. There, he partnered with community leaders to design a network of scenic parks, tree-lined parkways, elegant neighborhoods, and beautifully landscaped estate gardens that thousands of visitors still enjoy today.
The Olmsted Parks of Louisville is the first ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813144542
SKU
V9780813144542
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99-50
About Patricia Dalton Haragan
Patricia Dalton Haragan is the author of Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide and Wildflowers of the Northeast in the Audubon Fairchild Garden. She is a former botanist for Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, USA and a former curator of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Herbarium, USA.
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