{"product_id":"frederick-law-olmsted-plans-and-views-of-public-parks-9781421410869","title":"Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb visual overview of the major public parks designed by the foremost landscape architect in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize, Foundation for Landscape Architecture, FY16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavishly illustrated with over 470 images--129 of them in color--this book reveals Frederick Law Olmsted's design concepts for more than seventy public park projects through a rich collection of sketches, studies, lithographs, paintings, historical photographs, and comprehensive descriptions. Bringing together Olmsted's most significant parks, parkways, park systems, and scenic reservations, this gorgeous volume takes readers on a uniquely conceived tour of such notable landscapes as Central Park, Prospect Park, the Buffalo Park and Parkway System, Washington Park and Jackson Park in Chicago, Boston's \"Emerald Necklace,\" and Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. No such guide to Olmsted's parks has ever been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) planned many parks and park systems across the United States, leaving an enduring legacy of designed public space that is enjoyed and defended today. His public parks, the design of which he was most proud, have had a lasting effect on urban America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeous book will appeal to landscape professionals, park administrators, historians, architects, city planners, and students--and it is a perfect gift for Olmsted aficionados throughout North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421410869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 11.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/05\/2015 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Frederick Law Olmsted","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925001212085,"sku":"9781421410869","price":63.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14cc5204-021d-4d68-bcc0-e2c60c8482fb.jpg?v=1687843349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/frederick-law-olmsted-plans-and-views-of-public-parks-9781421410869","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}