City parks : a stroll around the world's most beautiful public spaces / Christopher Beanland.

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Beanland, Christopher, author.

Title & Author:

City parks : a stroll around the world's most beautiful public spaces / Christopher Beanland.

Publication:

London : Batsford, 2023.

Description:

207 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 200) and index.

Summary:

This gloriously illustrated book tells the fascinating stories of fifty of the world's most interesting and innovative parks and the people who use them. The pandemic brought into sharp relief what city dwellers already realized: parks are an absolutely essential part of modern life. Featured here are the storied greats such as Central Park in New York and Hyde Park in London (and Sydney!). But the book also takes us to the Philippines and Australia and around the world to showcase the most historic and most interesting, the newest and most cutting-edge parks that mix the best of nature and architecture.

ISBN:

9781849947688 (hardback)
1849947686 (hardback)
ePub ebook
9781849948647

Subject:

Urban parks Design.
Urban parks.
Parcs urbains.
urban parks.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317997
Call No.: 317997
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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