Building San Francisco's Parks, 1850-1930
(Part of the Creating the North American Landscape Series)
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In 1865, when San Francisco's Daily Evening Bulletin asked its readers if it were not time for the city to finally establish a public park, residents had only private gardens and small urban squares where they could retreat from urban crowding, noise, and filth. Five short years later, city supervisors approved the creation of Golden Gate Park, the second largest urban park in America. Over the next sixty years, and particularly after 1900,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801874327
ISBN13:9780801874321
Release Date:February 2004
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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