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The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Early Boston Years, 1882–1890
Frederick Law Olmsted
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Hardback. He would never provide a definitive treatise or textbook on landscape architecture, but the articles presented in this volume contain some of his most mature and powerful statements on the practice of landscape architecture. Editor(s): Beveridge, Charles E.; Carr, Ethan; Gagel, Amanda; Shapiro, Michael. Series: The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Num Pages: 856 pages, 138, 138 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMB; AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Frederick Law Olmsted relocated from New York to the Boston area in the early 1880s. With the help of his stepson and partner, John Charles Olmsted, his professional office grew to become the first of its kind: a modern landscape architecture practice with park, subdivision, campus, residential, and other landscape design projects throughout the country. During the period covered in this volume, Olmsted and his partners, apprentices, and staff designed the exceptional park system of Boston and Brookline-including the Back Bay Fens, Franklin Park, and the Muddy River Improvement. Olmsted also designed parks for New York City, Rochester, Buffalo, and ... Read more
Frederick Law Olmsted relocated from New York to the Boston area in the early 1880s. With the help of his stepson and partner, John Charles Olmsted, his professional office grew to become the first of its kind: a modern landscape architecture practice with park, subdivision, campus, residential, and other landscape design projects throughout the country. During the period covered in this volume, Olmsted and his partners, apprentices, and staff designed the exceptional park system of Boston and Brookline-including the Back Bay Fens, Franklin Park, and the Muddy River Improvement. Olmsted also designed parks for New York City, Rochester, Buffalo, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
Series
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
Number of Pages
856
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421409269
SKU
V9781421409269
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99-36
About Frederick Law Olmsted
Charles E. Beveridge is series editor of The Frederick Law Olmsted Papers. Ethan Carr and Amanda Gagel are associate editors and Michael Shapiro is assistant editor for Volume 8.
Reviews for The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Early Boston Years, 1882–1890
Like previous volumes, The Early Boston Years is a comprehensive compilation of design proposals, project reports, personal and professional letters, miscellaneous writings, and numerous illustrations
all diligently contextualized by the editors' extensive footnotes... It and the other volumes are absolutely crucial to understanding both the history of American landscape and the extent to which Olmsted helped to shape it. ... Read more
all diligently contextualized by the editors' extensive footnotes... It and the other volumes are absolutely crucial to understanding both the history of American landscape and the extent to which Olmsted helped to shape it. ... Read more