Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) designed New York City's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Chicago's South Park and Jackson Park, Montreal's Mount Royal Park, the park systems of Boston and Buffalo, and many others. But Olmsted also designed parkways and neighborhoods, reshaping cities around their parks. He thus reinvented the American urban landscape as a democratic outdoor setting that encouraged a new kind of participation in city life. Olmsted was one of the most gifted of American writers of his generation: prior to designing Central Park, he had written five important books, including The Cotton Kingdom (an account of his travels in the slave states), and his writings on American landscapes are unfailingly lively, eloquent, and passionate. Civilizing American Cities collects Olmsted's plans for New York, San Francisco, Buffalo, Montreal, Chicago, and Boston; his suburban plans for Berkeley, California and Riverside, Illinois; and a generous helping of his writings on urban landscape in general. These selections, expertly edited and introduced, are not only enjoyable but essential reading for anyone interested in the history—and the future—of America's cities.
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Olmsted's writings in this section are representative of his views on urban society, landscapes, and city design. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, San Francisco, South Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park, North Park, Franklin Park, Muddy River, Lake Erie, Lower Division, New England, Pamela Bruns, United States, West Roxbury, Bois de Boulogne, Market Street, Mount Royal, Park Commissioners, Orphan Asylum, Thirteenth Ward, Van Ness Avenue, Abbott's Corners Road, Hyde Park, Jamaica Pond, Lehigh Valley Company New!
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Olmsted's writings in this section are representative of his views on urban society, landscapes, and city design. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, San Francisco, South Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park, North Park, Franklin Park, Muddy River, Lake Erie, Lower Division, New England, Pamela Bruns, United States, West Roxbury, Bois de Boulogne, Market Street, Mount Royal, Park Commissioners, Orphan Asylum, Thirteenth Ward, Van Ness Avenue, Abbott's Corners Road, Hyde Park, Jamaica Pond, Lehigh Valley Company New!
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- Landscape into Cityscape by Albert Fein in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England by Frederick Law Olmsted in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Cotton Kingdom by Frederick Law Olmsted in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- North Carolina (United States) by Julie Murray in Front Matter
- Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns (Notable American Authors) by Frederick Law Olmsted on page 52
- Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise And Fall Of Suburbia by Robert Fishman on 5 pages
- At Home in the City: Urban Domesticity in American Literature and Culture, 1850-1930 (Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies) by Betsy Klimasmith on 4 pages
- A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century by Witold Rybczynski on page 419, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The City Beautiful Movement (Creating the North American Landscape) by William H. Wilson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Boston's "Changeful Times": Origins of Preservation and Planning in America (Creating the North American Landscape) by Michael Holleran in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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