Eden by design : the 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew plan for the Los Angeles region / Greg Hise and William Deverell ; afterword by Laurie Olin.

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.

ix, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

"In 1930 the Olmsted Brothers and Bartholomew and Associates submitted a report, "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches in the Los Angeles Region," to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. The plan is a model of ambitious, intelligent, sensitive planning, but after a flurry of enthusiasm in the newspapers, it dropped from sight and no action was taken on its proposals. In this book Greg Hise and William Deverell examine the reasons it was called for, analyze why it failed, and open a discussion about the future of urban public space. In addition to their introduction and a facsimile reproduction of the report, Eden by Design includes a dialogue between Hise, Deverell, and widely admired landscape architect Laurie Olin that illuminates the significance of the Olmsted-Bartholomew report and places it in the history of American landscape planning."--Jacket

0520224140 (alk. paper)
9780520224148 (alk. paper)
0520224159 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520224155 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Olmsted Brothers.
Harland Bartholomew & Associates.
Olmsted Associates
Regional planning California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History.
Aménagement du territoire Californie Los Angeles, Agglomération de Histoire.
Regional planning
Landschaftsplanung
Regional planning California Los Angeles.
California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Los Angeles, Calif. Region

Computer network resources.
Facsimiles (reproductions)
History

Hise, Greg.
Deverell, William Francis.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 211700
Cote: NA44.O515.25 L6 2000
Statut: Disponible