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Community by design : the Olmsted firm and the development of Brookline, Massachusetts /
In 1883, Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. moved from New York City to Brookline, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb that anointed itself the "richest town in the world." For the next half century, until his son Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. relocated to California in 1936, the Olmsted firm received over...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst and Boston : ‡b University of Massachusetts Press ; in association with Library of American Landscape History,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface / Robin Karson
- Introduction
- Brookline before Olmsted
- Olmsted before Brookline / Elizabeth Hope Cushing
- Henry Hobson Richardson
- The Design Community
- Charles Sprague Sargent / Elizabeth Hope Cushing
- The Planning Context / Roger G. Reed
- The Institutional Context
- The Neighborhood Context
- Conclusion : Landscape into Townscape
- Appendixes.
- Appendix A: Olmsted Design Projects in Brookline
- Appendix B: Architects and Landscape Architects in Brookline
- Appendix C: Statement as to Professional Methods and Charges, 1902
- Appendix D: Collaborative Projects of H. H. Richardson and F. L. Olmsted Sr.
- Appendix E: Collaborative Commissions of the Olmsted Office in Brookline
- Appendix F: Brookline Projects of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
- Appendix G: Brookline Projects of Peabody & Stearns
- Appendix H: Brookline Projects of Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul
- Appendix I: Town Green and Green Hill Properties with Olmsted Connections.