The Olmsted Parks of Louisville : A Botanical Field Guide /

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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 celeb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haragan, Patricia Dalton, 1953- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Bidwell, Chris (Fotógrafo), Wilson, Susan (Susan Carolyn) (Fotógrafo)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Plants.
Parks.
NATURE > Regional.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
Plantes > Kentucky > Louisville > Identification.
Parks > Kentucky > Louisville.
Plants > Kentucky > Louisville > Pictorial works.
Plants > Kentucky > Louisville > Identification.
Kentucky > Louisville.
Pictorial works.
Field guides.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (456 pages): color illustrations, maps (some color
ISBN:9780813144566

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