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The best planned city in the world : Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo park system / Francis R. Kowsky

Catalog Data

Author:
Kowsky, Francis R. 1943-  Search this
Library of American Landscape History  Search this
Subject:
Olmsted, Frederick Law 1822-1903  Search this
Vaux, Calvert 1824-1895  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Buffalo
Date:
2013
19th century
Notes:
NMAH copy Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
cchd 7/16/20 add donor note.
Contents:
Preface / Ethan Carr -- Introduction: Olmsted and Vaux and the Progress of the American Park Movement -- The Creation of the Park System -- The Making of the Park -- The Front and Prospect Place -- The Parade -- Parkways, Circles, and Squares -- Parkside, Buffalo State Hospital, and Smaller Parks -- The Emancipation of Niagara -- South Park, Cazenovia Park, and Riverside Park -- Epilogue
Topic:
Parks--History  Search this
Parks--Design and construction--History  Search this
City planning--History  Search this
Landscape design--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1011732