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City in a Park: A History of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park System, McClelland, J
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9781439912089
- Book Title
- City in a Park : a History of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park System
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Nature, Travel, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / Park & Recreation Management, Customs & Traditions, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
- Item Width
- 8in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 568 Pages
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Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of more than one hundred parks, squares, and green spaces totaling about 11,000 acres, and is one of the largest landscaped urban park systems in the world. In City in a Park, James McClelland and Lynn Miller provide an affectionate and comprehensive history of this 200-year-old network of parks.Originated in the nineteenth century as a civic effort to provide a clean water supply to Philadelphia, Fairmount Park also furnished public pleasure grounds for boat races and hiking, among other activities. Millions travel to the city to view its eighteenth-century villas, attend boat races on the Schuylkill River, hike the Wissahickon Creek, visit the Philadelphia Zoo, hear concerts in summer, stroll the city's historic squares and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and enjoy its enormous collection of public art. Green initiatives flower today; Philadelphia lives amidst its parks. Filled with nearly 150 gorgeous full-color photographs, City in a Park chronicles the continuing efforts to create what founder William Penn desired: a "greene countrie town."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Temple University Press
ISBN-10
1439912084
ISBN-13
9781439912089
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210388223
Product Key Features
Book Title
City in a Park : a History of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park System
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / Park & Recreation Management, Customs & Traditions, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Nature, Travel, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
568 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
8in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F158.65.F2m55 2015
Reviews
"A comprehensive study of the Philadelphia park system, this book will delight readers who approach their understanding and appreciation of the city's parks from multiple vantage points. More than just a vivid and richly illustrated tour through Philadelphia's parks and their historic structures, public art, and institutions, City in a Park deftly covers more than two hundred years of park history, clearly and engagingly explaining the origins, growth, and governance within the city's prevailing and evolving historical and economic context. City in a Park is both an excellent guidebook and a captivating read. Armed with this rich lode of information, readers will find a visit to the park all the more stimulating."--Bob Thomas, Campbell Thomas & Co. Architects, "In our gridded city of brick and stone, we take solace from the open spaces--the burst of azaleas along the Schuylkill River, the water fountain in Rittenhouse Square, the quiet repose of Laurel Hill, the ghosts of the Centennial Exhibition. Encyclopedic in its reach and thoughtful in its composition, City in a Park unfolds the history of Philadelphia's expansive, sometimes surprising municipal park against the backdrop of recent and ongoing grand renewals. It reminds us of the treasures we have in our shared back, front, and side yards."--Beth Kephart, Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River and Love: A Philadelphia Affair, "A comprehensive study of the Philadelphia park system, this book will delight readers who approach their understanding and appreciation of the city's parks from multiple vantage points. More than just a vivid and richly illustrated tour through Philadelphia's parks and their historic structures, public art, and institutions, City in a Park deftly covers more than two hundred years of park history, clearly and engagingly explaining the origins, growth, and governance within the city's prevailing and evolving historical and economic context. City in a Park is both an excellent guidebook and a captivating read. Armed with this rich lode of information, readers will find a visit to the park all the more stimulating."--Bob Thomas, Campbell Thomas & Co. Architects, "In our gridded city of brick and stone, we take solace from the open spaces--the burst of azaleas along the Schuylkill River, the water fountain in Rittenhouse Square, the quiet repose of Laurel Hill, the ghosts of the Centennial Exhibition. Encyclopedic in its reach and thoughtful in its composition, City in a Park unfolds the history of Philadelphia's expansive, sometimes surprising municipal park against the backdrop of recent and ongoing grand renewals. It reminds us of the treasures we have in our shared back, front, and side yards."--Beth Kephart, Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River and Love: A Philadelphia Affair
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2015-008595
Dewey Decimal
974.8/11
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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