Public Spaces, Private Gardens : A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans /

Landscape architect Lake Douglas employs written accounts, archival data, historic photographs, lithographs, maps, and city planning documentsùmany of which have never been published until nowùto explore public and private outdoor spaces in New Orleans and those who shaped them. The result, Public...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Douglas, Lake, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge [La.] : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Landscape architecture.
Horticulture.
Gardens.
GARDENING > Landscape.
GARDENING > Garden Design.
ARCHITECTURE > Landscape.
Architecture du paysage > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Horticulture > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Gardens > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Landscape architecture > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Landscape architect Lake Douglas employs written accounts, archival data, historic photographs, lithographs, maps, and city planning documentsùmany of which have never been published until nowùto explore public and private outdoor spaces in New Orleans and those who shaped them. The result, Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans, is the first in-depth examination of the cityAEs landscape history. Douglas presents this ôbeautiful and imposingö city as a work of art crafted by numerous influences. A survey from the colonial period to the twentieth century.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807138380

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