Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region

by Greg Hise and William Deverell

Laurie Olin (Afterword)

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In 1930, the Olmsted Brothers and Harland Bartholomew & Associates submitted a report, 'Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region,' to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. After a day or two of coverage in the newspapers, the report dropped from sight. The plan set out a system of parks and parkways, children's playgrounds, and public beaches. It is a model of ambitious, intelligent, sensitive planning commissioned at a time when land was available, if only the city planners had had the fortitude and vision to act on its recommendations. 'Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches' has become a highly valued but difficult-to-find document.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 situates it in the history of American landscape planning.
  • ISBN10 0520224140
  • ISBN13 9780520224148
  • Publish Date 7 June 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 November 2006
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of California Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 323
  • Language English