Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City

by Jennifer Ott

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In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle's city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to design a park and parkway system. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect, as the Olmsted Brothers were...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1933245565

ISBN13:9781933245560

Release Date:December 2019

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:144 Pages

Weight:1.78 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 8.9" x 10.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Architecture History

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