Pleasure drives and promenades: the history of Frederick Law Olmsted's Brooklyn parkways
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Main Author: Macdonald, Elizabeth 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. Center for American Places at Columbia College 2012
Edition:1. ed.
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-261) and index
Part one: The parkway vision. Ch. 1: The parkway plan and its inspiration -- Ch. 2: Building Eastern and Ocean Parkways -- Part two: Contested yet enduring public spaces. Ch. 3: Whose parkways? -- Ch. 4: Redefining and reshaping parkways -- Ch. 5: Holding on in Brooklyn -- Part three: Suburban vision to urban reality. Ch. 6: The Eastern Parkway neighborhood -- Ch. 7: Ocean Parkway's neighborhoods
Physical Description:XI, 281 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 24 cm
ISBN:9781935195375
1935195379