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Experiencing Olmsted : the enduring legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted's North American landscapes / The Cultural Landscape Foundation ; Charles A. Birnbaum, Arleyn A. Levee, and Dena Tasse-Winter.

by Birnbaum, Charles A., author.

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Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2022.

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.

Landscape architecture -- United States -- History.

Landscape architects -- United States -- Biography.

9781643260365 (hardcover) :

1643260367 (hardcover) :

342 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm

Introduction -- Alabama -- California -- Colorado -- Connecticut -- District of Columbia -- Delaware -- Florida -- Georgia -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- Michigan -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New York -- North Carolina -- Ohio -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- Tennessee -- Utah -- Vermont -- Virginia -- Washington -- Wisconsin -- Canada.

"By highlighting 200 iconic landscapes, many of which are still open to the public today, Experiencing Olmsted brings a fresh approach to the firms' work and philosophy. It highlights not only grand city parks, but also other public venues born out of a desire for social equity. Olmsted was an early voice for parks as democratic spaces that could be reached on foot by a large percentage of any citys populace. He viewed parks as restorative places--what he termed "the lungs of a city." Brimming with contemporary and archival photography as well as original drawings and plans, this truly remarkable record brings these places to vivid life."-- Provided by publisher.

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