books, photographs
PH1987:1297:001-010
Description:
The 10 photographs included in this book are titled as follows: "The Mall"; "The Cascade"; "Berceau Walk"; "The Camel"; "The Elephant"; "Boys Playground"; "Goat Carriage"; "Group in Stone - Auld Lang Syne"; "Columbus"; and "Humboldt".
architecture, landscape architecture
published 1870
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, for the Year Ending December 31, 1869.
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PH1987:1297:001-010
Description:
The 10 photographs included in this book are titled as follows: "The Mall"; "The Cascade"; "Berceau Walk"; "The Camel"; "The Elephant"; "Boys Playground"; "Goat Carriage"; "Group in Stone - Auld Lang Syne"; "Columbus"; and "Humboldt".
books, photographs
published 1870
architecture, landscape architecture
Series
AP075.S4
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's research and documentation she collected as reference for her landscape projects she to find inspiration or to informed herself on new practices, new technologies and new thinking. The sub-series also documents her research for publications and lectures. The series contains documentation and notes on playground designs, private and public landscape designs, research and texts for publications and lectures, and travels. Materials are predominantly textual documents such as correspondence, press clippings, and notes, as well as photographs. The series also documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University.
1936-2004
Reference, research material and student work
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AP075.S4
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's research and documentation she collected as reference for her landscape projects she to find inspiration or to informed herself on new practices, new technologies and new thinking. The sub-series also documents her research for publications and lectures. The series contains documentation and notes on playground designs, private and public landscape designs, research and texts for publications and lectures, and travels. Materials are predominantly textual documents such as correspondence, press clippings, and notes, as well as photographs. The series also documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University.
Series
1936-2004
Project
AP075.S1.1956.PR07
Description:
This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander’s landscape project for a small play area on Little Mountain, a 127 metres high mountain in the central part of Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1956. The park is now known as Queen Elizabeth Park. Oberlander’s landscape design for the play area consists of rectangular-shaped playground covered in asphalt surrounded by a retaining wall lined with crabapple trees on one side and creosoted woodstrips on the other. The play area includes with a sand box and swings. The project series contains only the orginal and the reprographic copy of a plan of the play area.
1956
Little Mountain Play Area, Vancouver, British Columbia (1956)
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AP075.S1.1956.PR07
Description:
This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander’s landscape project for a small play area on Little Mountain, a 127 metres high mountain in the central part of Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1956. The park is now known as Queen Elizabeth Park. Oberlander’s landscape design for the play area consists of rectangular-shaped playground covered in asphalt surrounded by a retaining wall lined with crabapple trees on one side and creosoted woodstrips on the other. The play area includes with a sand box and swings. The project series contains only the orginal and the reprographic copy of a plan of the play area.
Project
1956
Sub-series
AP154.S1.1967.PR01.SS4
Description:
Subseries AP154.S1.1967.PR01.SS4, Twin Parks East (1971), documents an executed project for 600 housing units and a school on sites numbered 1, 1a, and 4-5. Site 1 contains 140 apartments for the elderly, a center for the aged and parking. Site 1a contains 169 apartments for the elderly and the school's kindergarten and playground. The buildings on Sites 1-1a are known as "Kelly Towers". Site 4-5 contains 300 apartments, the school's second through sixth grade and a parking garage covered by a landscaped deck. The building on Site 4-5 is known as "Keith Plaza". The subseries contains working drawings.
1972-1974
Twin Parks East, Bronx, New York, N.Y. (1971)
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AP154.S1.1967.PR01.SS4
Description:
Subseries AP154.S1.1967.PR01.SS4, Twin Parks East (1971), documents an executed project for 600 housing units and a school on sites numbered 1, 1a, and 4-5. Site 1 contains 140 apartments for the elderly, a center for the aged and parking. Site 1a contains 169 apartments for the elderly and the school's kindergarten and playground. The buildings on Sites 1-1a are known as "Kelly Towers". Site 4-5 contains 300 apartments, the school's second through sixth grade and a parking garage covered by a landscaped deck. The building on Site 4-5 is known as "Keith Plaza". The subseries contains working drawings.
Project
1972-1974
Project
AP206.S1.1982.PR16
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for clusters of housing blocks in Navi Mumbai, likely sometime in the 1980s or 1990s. The project, proposed for the Kalamboli region of the city, consisted of the site development of diamond shaped housing blocks, each with a sports field in its centre courtyard. Two circular commerce blocks were also planned for the neighbourhood, as well as spaces for a school, playground, public utilities and community services. The project is recorded through original drawings of site plans and elevations, probably dating from sometime in the 1980s-1990s. It should be noted that the previous name of Navi Mumbai was New Bombay, which is the name used on these materials.
circa 1980s-1990s
Housing complex competition, Navi Mumbai (circa 1980s-1990s)
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AP206.S1.1982.PR16
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for clusters of housing blocks in Navi Mumbai, likely sometime in the 1980s or 1990s. The project, proposed for the Kalamboli region of the city, consisted of the site development of diamond shaped housing blocks, each with a sports field in its centre courtyard. Two circular commerce blocks were also planned for the neighbourhood, as well as spaces for a school, playground, public utilities and community services. The project is recorded through original drawings of site plans and elevations, probably dating from sometime in the 1980s-1990s. It should be noted that the previous name of Navi Mumbai was New Bombay, which is the name used on these materials.
Project
circa 1980s-1990s
Project
Save the Mountain
AP027.S1.D12
Description:
Long-range plan to preserve and expand Mount Royal Park. Definition and recognition of the logical boundaries of the mountain park area are called for by the Save the Mountain Committee. The plan would establish the right of city to acquire all properties within the designated areas as they become available, and would restrict construction and control building heights in the park area. This project was initiated by H. P. Daniel van Ginkel and Blanche Lemco van Ginkel on their own account. The work was executed pro bono with Michel Chevalier, Harry Mayerovitch and Hazen Sise. It was effected with the support of the Montréal Parks and Playground Association. The recommendations were accepted and embodied in a private bill by the Québec Provincial Legislature and in the bylaws of the City of Montréal.
urban planning
1960
Save the Mountain
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AP027.S1.D12
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Long-range plan to preserve and expand Mount Royal Park. Definition and recognition of the logical boundaries of the mountain park area are called for by the Save the Mountain Committee. The plan would establish the right of city to acquire all properties within the designated areas as they become available, and would restrict construction and control building heights in the park area. This project was initiated by H. P. Daniel van Ginkel and Blanche Lemco van Ginkel on their own account. The work was executed pro bono with Michel Chevalier, Harry Mayerovitch and Hazen Sise. It was effected with the support of the Montréal Parks and Playground Association. The recommendations were accepted and embodied in a private bill by the Québec Provincial Legislature and in the bylaws of the City of Montréal.
File 12
1960
urban planning
Project
CI005.S1.1922.PR1
Description:
The city of Rotterdam in May 1922 commissioned a project to re-house homeless slum-dwellers and to alleviate Rotterdam's crisis in housing shortage: the housing unit was known as The Witte Dorp housing community, in the polder of Oud-Mathenesse. Oud designed the site plan and dwellings for this municipal housing project of 343 dwellings, eight shop units and a fire-engine shed. Oud created a geometric street plan with short axes that joined at the playground and townscape with identical facades of row houses facing one another. The houses were white with contrasting red roofs, blue front doors and yellow door frames and window casings (Taverne et al. 2001, 250). Project series includes drawings of plans and eighteen photographs, including exterior views and photographs of a plan.
1922-1924
Oud-Mathenesse Municipal Housing Scheme, Rotterdam, Netherlands (1922-1924)
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CI005.S1.1922.PR1
Description:
The city of Rotterdam in May 1922 commissioned a project to re-house homeless slum-dwellers and to alleviate Rotterdam's crisis in housing shortage: the housing unit was known as The Witte Dorp housing community, in the polder of Oud-Mathenesse. Oud designed the site plan and dwellings for this municipal housing project of 343 dwellings, eight shop units and a fire-engine shed. Oud created a geometric street plan with short axes that joined at the playground and townscape with identical facades of row houses facing one another. The houses were white with contrasting red roofs, blue front doors and yellow door frames and window casings (Taverne et al. 2001, 250). Project series includes drawings of plans and eighteen photographs, including exterior views and photographs of a plan.
project
1922-1924
Project
AP075.S1.1954.PR03
Description:
This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Jewish Community Centre, located between Marlton Pike Road and North Park Drive in Camden, New Jersey. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954. The building was design in the early 1950s, by architect Vincent G. Kling. The project includes various spaces for activities and sports fields such as a tennis court, a green, a handball field, a softball field, and badminton and volleyball fields. Oberlander's design also includes a parking lot surrounded by trees in front of the centre, as well as a children's playground, a sitting area, and a children's garden at the back of the centre. The project series contains design development drawings, such as a preliminary landscape design, grading and paving plans, planting plans, reference working drawings for the building, and general landscape plans with list of plans.
1954
Jewish Community Centre, Camden, New Jersey (1954)
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AP075.S1.1954.PR03
Description:
This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Jewish Community Centre, located between Marlton Pike Road and North Park Drive in Camden, New Jersey. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954. The building was design in the early 1950s, by architect Vincent G. Kling. The project includes various spaces for activities and sports fields such as a tennis court, a green, a handball field, a softball field, and badminton and volleyball fields. Oberlander's design also includes a parking lot surrounded by trees in front of the centre, as well as a children's playground, a sitting area, and a children's garden at the back of the centre. The project series contains design development drawings, such as a preliminary landscape design, grading and paving plans, planting plans, reference working drawings for the building, and general landscape plans with list of plans.
Project
1954
textual records
AP075.S3.SS1.100
Description:
Article entitled "Parks, Playgrounds and Landscape Architecture".
1956
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's article in the Community Planning Review of Mach 1956
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AP075.S3.SS1.100
Description:
Article entitled "Parks, Playgrounds and Landscape Architecture".
textual records
1956
archives
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Collection
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
1959-2019
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
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CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
archives
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Collection
1959-2019