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So if we think about this, which is the first one of the first references to parkways in the United States. Olmstead and vox based their idea off paris. In this early conception of the parkway, they are thinking about a couple of rather simple ideas. First it is a wider than average street. Second, parkways in the early conception were usually treelined. Weve talked a little bit about boulevards and essentially a parkway in the beginning was a wide street with trees indistinguishable from the te...

Built between 1930s and finally finished in 1970s. The designer, landscape designer involved in addition to a whole series of architects and engineers of someone given credit for much of the design, stanley abbott, a well known landscape park ark sect in the service. He had begun his work in the 1930s in the westchesters park system. During the depression, moved into the park service as a career. He did much of the committee sign work. The Blue Ridge Parkway, in addition to its great length is k...

Associate with Landscape Architecture but it wasnt always so. In fact, the modern freeway that you guys drive every day has its roots in Landscape Architecture in the park planning that weve been talking about this semester. Ill start with a little bit of review and this familiar landscape which everyone should, i hope, recognize, which of course is Prospect Park. So we look at the development of central park. Then we look at Prospect Park, which is olmsteds next great park in the late 1860s. Th...

Which led from the james river and these were designed in modern concrete so that when you looked down the roadway, you would see colonial style bridges, but tif you looked out your car window, you would see modern concrete style bridges. The heres a view of one of those bridges. You can see this kind of streamline modern farms. We talked last week about modern architecture. The idea of the machine, these bridges were paired down simple to reflect the machine age and if we think about the curves...

It is not something we generally associate with Landscape Architecture but it wasnt always so. In fact, the modern freeway that you guys drive every day has its roots in Landscape Architecture and the park planning weve talked about already in this semester. Ill start with this review and familiar landscape that everyone should, i hope, recognize which is of course Prospect Park. We look at development of central park. Then Prospect Park which was olmsteads next great park in the late 1860s. The...